non-appendent
dənt adjective
1.
attached or suspended; annexed.
2.
associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position.
3.
Law. pertaining to a legal appendant.
noun
4.
a person or thing attached or added.
5.
Law. any subordinate possession or right historically annexed to or dependent on a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by sale or inheritance.
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Also, ap·pend·ent.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) < Anglo-French, present participle of apendre to belong (to), befit < Medieval Latin appendēre, equivalent to Latin ap- ap-1 + pendēre to hang (intransitive); later senses by association with append
1350–1400; Middle English ap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) < Anglo-French, present participle of apendre to belong (to), befit < Medieval Latin appendēre, equivalent to Latin ap- ap-1 + pendēre to hang (intransitive); later senses by association with append
Related forms
ap·pend·ance, ap·pend·an·cy, ap·pend·ence, ap·pend·en·cy, noun
non·ap·pend·ance, noun
non·ap·pend·ant, adjective
non·ap·pend·ence, noun
non·ap·pend·ent, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | attached, affixed, or added |
| 2. | attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result |
| 3. | a less common word for pendent |
| 4. | law relating to another right |
| —n | |
| 5. | a person or thing attached or added |
| 6. | property law a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter |
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