\Ap*pend"ant\, a. [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre.
See {Append}, v. t.]
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.

\Ap*pend"ant\, n.
1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate
   to it.

2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior
   inheritance.