appurtenance

The definition of an appurtenance is something goes with or attaches to something else.

(noun)

The appendix of a book is an example of an appurtenance.

See appurtenance in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

anything that appertains; thing added to a more important thing; adjunct
apparatus or equipment; accessories
an incidental right, privilege, etc., attached to some thing and passing with it, as by conveyance or sale

Origin: ME < Anglo-Fr apurtenance < OFr apertenance < prp. of LL appertinere, appertain

See appurtenance in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something added to another, more important thing; an appendage. See Synonyms at appendage.
appurtenances Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task; gear.
Law A right, privilege, or property that is considered incident to the principal property for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English appurtenaunce

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman apurtenance

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *appertinentia

Origin: , from Late Latin appertinēns, appertinent-

Origin: , present participle of appertinēre, to appertain; see appertain

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