noun
appurtenance
Appurtenance (noun) means something extra that goes along with or is attached to a main thing.
noun
1
Something extra that goes along with or is attached to a main thing.
2
Equipment needed for a particular job or activity.
3
(law) A right over land that goes with a main property and cannot be separated from it.
"It is well settled that a water right may pass with land as an appurtenance thereto, or as a parcel thereof."
— Samuel Charles Wiel, Water Rights in the Western States (1908)
"Also I will that anon after the said nine years after my decease determined that my said feoffees make estate of all the said manors, lands and tenements with the appurtenance to my next heir and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten."
— Michèle Schindler, Lovell our Dogge (2019)
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(grammar) A word part added before or after another word to make a new word showing belonging.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance and Old French apartenance, from apartenir, from Latin appertineō (“to belong, to appertain”) — see also appertain. Broken down by form, it is appertain + -ance.
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What is the meaning of appurtenance?
"appurtenance" (noun) means something extra that goes along with or is attached to a main thing.
What is another word for appurtenance?
Other words for "appurtenance" include supplement, gear, paraphernalia, accessory.
What are the different meanings of appurtenance?
"appurtenance" has 3 main meanings: 1. Something extra that goes along with or is attached to a main thing; 2. Equipment needed for a particular job or activity; 3. (law) A right over land that goes with a main property and cannot be separated from it.
