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ap·pen·dant

(ə-pĕn′dənt)

adj.

1. Affixed as an appendage.

2. Accompanying; attendant: faith and its appendant hope.

3. Belonging to a land grant as a subsidiary right in English law.

ap·pen′dant n.

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appendant

(əˈpɛndənt)

adj

1. attached, affixed, or added

2. attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result

3. a less common word for pendent

4. (Law) law relating to another right

5. a person or thing attached or added

6. (Law) property law a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter

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ap•pend•ant

(əˈpɛn dənt)

adj.

1. attached; annexed.

2. associated as an accompaniment or consequence.

3. pertaining to a legal appendant.

4. a person or thing attached or added.

5. a right historically annexed to a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by inheritance.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French]

ap•pend′ance, n.

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appendant - affixed as an appendage

affixed - firmly attached; "the affixed labels"

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