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Webster 1913 Edition


Appurtenant

Ap-pur′te-nant

,
Adj.
[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.
Common appurtenant
.
(Law)
See under
Common,
Noun.

Ap-pur′te-nant

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Appurtenant

APPUR'TENANT

,
Adj.
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.