APPENDANTS
Noun
appendants
plural of appendant
Source: Wiktionary
APPENDANT
Ap*pend"ant, a. Etym: [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append,
v. t.]
1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a
paper.
As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we
should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law)
Definition: Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a
considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to
another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an
advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of
fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.
Ap*pend"ant, n.
1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law)
Definition: A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior
inheritance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition