appendent

Variant of appendant

appendant definition

ap·pend·ant or appendent ap·pend′·ent (-dənt)

adjective

  1. attached or added as an appendage
  2. associated with as a consequence
  3. Law belonging to as a subsidiary right

Etymology: Fr, prp. of appendre, append

noun

  1. an appendage
  2. Law a subsidiary right attached to and passing with a major one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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