- appurtenant
- Belonging to; accessory or incident to; adjunct, appended, or annexed to; answering to accessorium in the civil law. Employed in leases for the purpose of including any easements or servitudes used or enjoyed with the demised premises.A thing is "appurtenant" to something else when it stands in relation of an incident to a principal and is necessarily connected with the use and enjoyment of the latter.A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way, or water-course, or of a passage for light, air, or heat from or across the land of another.See also easement
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
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appurtenant — ap·pur·te·nant /ə pərt ən ənt/ adj [Anglo French apurtenant, alteration of Old French apartenant, present participle of apartenir to belong, appertain]: annexed or belonging to a more important property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
Appurtenant — Ap*pur te*nant, a. [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See {Appurtenance}.] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] {Common… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Appurtenant — Ap*pur te*nant, n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. [1913 Webster] Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appurtenant — (adj.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. apurtenant, O.Fr. apartenant, prp. of apartenir be related to (see APPURTENANCE (Cf. appurtenance)) … Etymology dictionary
appurtenant — [ə pʉrt′ nənt] adj. appertaining or pertinent; accessory n. an appurtenance … English World dictionary
appurtenant — adjective Etymology: Middle English apertenant, from Anglo French appurtenant, present participle of apurtenir to belong more at appertain Date: 14th century 1. constituting a legal accompaniment 2. auxiliary, accessory < appurtenant equipment > … New Collegiate Dictionary
appurtenant — Appertinent Ap*per ti*nent, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written {appurtenant}.] Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
appurtenant — /euh perr tn euhnt/, adj. 1. appertaining or belonging; pertaining. n. 2. an appurtenance. [1350 1400; ME (see APPURTENANCE, ANT); r. ME apertinent < LL appertinent (s. of appertinens, prp. of appertinere). See AP 1, PERTINENT] * * * … Universalium
appurtenant — 1. adjective a) Of or pertaining to an appurtenance. b) Ancillary or subsidiary. 2. noun An appendage or attachment … Wiktionary
appurtenant — ap pur·te·nant || nt adj. pertinent, relevant … English contemporary dictionary