appendant

  • 1Appendant — Ap*pend ant, a. [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See {Append}, v. t.] 1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. [1913 Webster] As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2Appendant — Ap*pend ant, n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3appendant — index appurtenance, attached (annexed), rider Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 4appendant — appendant, ante (a ppan dan, dan t ) adj. Terme didactique. Qui est suspendu à. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Appendre …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 5appendant — or appendent [ə pen′dənt] adj. [Fr, prp. of appendre, APPEND] 1. attached or added as an appendage 2. associated with as a consequence 3. Law belonging to as a subsidiary right n. 1. an appendage …

    English World dictionary

  • 6appendant — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendēre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad + pendēre to hang (intransitive… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7appendant — appendance, appendancy, appendence, appendency, n. /euh pen deuhnt/, adj. 1. attached or suspended; annexed. 2. associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position. 3. Law. pertaining to a legal appendant. n. 4. a… …

    Universalium

  • 8appendant — /əˈpɛndənt/ (say uh penduhnt) adjective 1. hanging to; annexed; attached. 2. associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position. 3. Law relating to a legal appendant. –noun 4. a person or thing attached or added. 5 …

  • 9appendant — A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with it. Something added or attached. At common law, a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10appendant — A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with it. Something added or attached. At common law, a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant… …

    Black's law dictionary