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ap⋅pur⋅te⋅nance

  [uh-pur-tn-uhns]
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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; ME < AF, equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + -purtenance a belonging; see purtenance
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ap·pur·te·nance   (ə-pûr'tn-əns)   
n.  
  1. Something added to another, more important thing; an appendage. See Synonyms at appendage.
  2. appurtenances Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task; gear.
  3. Law A right, privilege, or property that is considered incident to the principal property for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.

[Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Vulgar Latin *appertinentia, from Late Latin appertinēns, appertinent-, present participle of appertinēre, to appertain; see appertain.]
ap·pur'te·nant adj.
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Appurtenance

Ap*pur"te*nance\, n. [OF. apurtenaunce, apartenance, F. appartenance, LL. appartenentia, from L. appertinere. See Appertain.] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. --Tomlins. --Bouvier. --Burrill.

Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy. --Bacon.

The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances. --Reid.
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appurtenance 
1377, from Anglo-Fr. apurtenance, from O.Fr. apartenance, from apertenir, from L. appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to" + pertinere "belong to" (see pertain).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ap·pur·te·nance
Pronunciation: &-'p&rt-&n-&ns
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French apurtenance, alteration of Old French apartenance, from apartenant appurtenant
: property (as an outbuilding or fixture) or a property right (as a right of way) that is incidental to a principal property and that passes with the principal property upon sale or transfer
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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