Law. any subordinate possession or right historically annexed to or dependent on a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by sale or inheritance.
Also, appendent.
Origin
1350-1400;Middle Englishap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) < Anglo-French, present participle of apendre to belong (to), befit < Medieval Latinappendēre, equivalent to Latinap-ap-1 + pendēre to hang (intransitive); later senses by association with append
(property law) a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter