What is "appurtenant"

Appertinent \Ap*per"ti*nent\, a. Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.]
--Coleridge.

late 14c., from Anglo-French apurtenant, Old French apartenant, present participle of apartenir "be related to" (see appurtenance).

a. 1 Of or pertaining to an appurtenance. 2 ancillary or subsidiary. alt. 1 Of or pertaining to an appurtenance. 2 ancillary or subsidiary. n. 1 An appendage or attachment. 2 (context legal English) A type of easement benefiting real property that "runs with the land" as opposed to an interest belonging solely to the beneficiary.

adj. relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, auxiliary, subsidiary]