Ap-pĕnd'ant1, a.
a. [Fr. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See supra.]
Sense 1. Hanging; annexed; attached; 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. Bp. Taylor.
Sense 2. (Law.) Appended by prescription;—said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, &c., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house, &c. Wharton. Coke.