Word Meaning

Meaning of "appendant" and the crossword clue

- Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
- Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
- Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
- A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.