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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPURTENANT

a. 1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right.
2. In law, common appurtenant is that which is annexed to land, and can be claimed only by prescription or immemorial usage, or a legal presumption of a special grant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPURTENANT

Ap *pur "te *nant, a. Etym: [F. appartenant, p. pr. of appartenir. See Appurtenance. ]

 

Defn: Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone. Common appurtenatn. (Law ) See under Common, n.

 

APPURTENANT

APPURTENANT Ap *pur "te *nant, n,

 

Defn: Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance. Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption. Coleridge.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

appurtenant

ap pur te nant |əˈpərtn -ənt əˈpərtnənt | adjective belonging; pertinent: secondary buildings that are appurtenant to the main building. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French apartenant appertaining, from the verb apartenir (see appertain ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

appurtenant

ap ¦pur ¦ten |ant |əˈpəːt (ɪ )nənt | adjective belonging; pertinent: properties appurtenant to the main building. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French apartenant appertaining , from the verb apartenir (see appertain ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

appurtenant

appurtenant adjective formal the lands appurtenant to his forestership. See pertinent.