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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appendant \Ap*pend"ant\, noun
1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appendant \Ap*pend"ant\, adjective [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See {Append}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; 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. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. --Wharton. --Coke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appendant
adjective: affixed as an appendage
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