appendant adjective & noun. [ǝ'pɛnd(ǝ)nt] Also appendent. LME.
[Old French apendant (mod. app-), from apendre depend on, belong to, formed as APPEND: see -ANT¹.]
A. adjective. (Foll. by to, on.)
1. Law. Attached or belonging to a possession or tenure as an additional but subsidiary right. LME.

2. Pertinent, attendant, consequent. E16.

3. Hanging attached. M16.

4. Attached in a subordinate capacity; annexed. L16.
b. noun. arch.
1. Law. A lesser right or property attached by prescription to one more important. L15.

2. An addition, an adjunct, an appendage, an appendix; a dependency. L16.

3. A dependant. L16.

4. A natural consequence; a corollary. L16.

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