appurtenance

n.

1. Something added to another, more important thing; an appendage. See synonyms at appendage.
2. appurtenances Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task; gear.
3. Law. A right, privilege, or property that is considered incident to the principal property for purposes such as passage of title, conveyance, or inheritance.

[Middle English appurtenaunce, from Anglo-Norman apurtenance, from Vulgar Latin *appertinentia, from Late Latin appertinēns, appertinent-, present participle of appertinēre, to appertain. See appertain.]

appurtenant ap·pur'te·nant adj.

Something that is outside the property itself but is considered a part of the property and adds to its greater enjoyment, such as the right to cross another's land (i.e., easement or right-of-way).
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noun

A subordinate element added to another entity: accessory, adjunct, appendage, attachment, supplement. See increase/decrease.

1. Any built-in, nonstructural portion of a building, such as doors, windows, ventilators, electrical equipment, partitions, etc.
2. An incidental property right, as a right-of-way.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

An accessory or adjunct that is attached and incidental to something that has greater importance or value. As applied to real property, an object attached to or a right to be used with land as an incidental benefit but which is necessary to the complete use and enjoyment of the property.

When a landowner has been given an easement for the passage of light and air over an adjoining lot, the easement is an appurtenance to the land. Other common appurtenances to land include barns, outhouses, fences, drainage and irrigation ditches, and rights of way.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - tilbehør, rekvisitter

Français (French)
n. pl. - accessoires, installations, (Jur) dépendances, appartenances

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Zubehör

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - εξαρτήματα, προσαρτήματα

Italiano (Italian)
accessori, pertinenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - acessórios (m pl), pertences (m pl)

Русский (Russian)
аксессуары

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - pertenencias, accesorios, anexidades

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - tillbehör, bihang

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
附属物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 附屬物

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 부속물, 종물, 기계

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 付属物, 付属品, 従物

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮אביזרים‬

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