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noun
1.
something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.
2.
Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.
3.
appurtenances, apparatus; instruments.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + -purtenance a belonging; see purtenance
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French, equivalent to ap- ap-1 + -purtenance a belonging; see purtenance
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Appurtenance
is always a great word to know.
So is abeyance. Does it mean:
| a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder |
| deprived of certain rights as a citizen, as a consequence of conviction of certain offenses |
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Word Origin & History
appurtenance
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. apurtenance, from O.Fr. apartenance, prp. of apartenir, from L. appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to" + pertinere "belong to" (see pertain).
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