Definitions for: Appurtenance

[n] a supplementary component

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: accessory, supplement

See Also: auto accessory, component, computer accessory, constituent, cut-in, element, fitting, fixings, insert, trimmings

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