appendant

One entry found for appendant.

Main Entry: ap·pen·dant
Pronunciation: &-'pen-d&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendEre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad- + pendEre to hang (intransitive verb)
1 : belonging as a right by prescription -- used of annexed land in English law
2 : associated as an attendant circumstance
3 [append] : attached as an appendage <a seal appendant to a document>
- appendant noun