In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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
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