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.