appurtenant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

APPUR'TENANT, adjective 1. Belonging to; pertaining to of right. 2. In law, common appurtenant is that which is annexed to land, and can be claimed only by prescription or immemorial usage, or a legal presumption of a special grant.
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