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Appurtenant

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

[L. Lat. pcrtinens.] Belonging to; accessory or incident to. This word answers to the accessorium of the civil law.

2 Steph. Com. 30, note.

Land is not properly appurtenant to a house, but it may pass by such words in a deed by reputation, in common parlance, and by the intent of the parties.

2 Crabb's Real Prop. 247, 8 1299. Cro, M91S. SSalk.AO. 2 Saund. 401 a. 2 Ckitty*s BL Com. 19, note (7).

Nor can land, strictly speaking, be appurtenant to land. But a thing, to be appurtenant to another, must be of a different and congruous nature, such as an easement or servitude, or some collateral incident belonging to, and for the benefit of the land.

Story, J., 1 Sumner's R., 21, 37. Plowd. 170. Co. Litt. 121 b. Thompson, J., 10 Peters* R. 25, 54. 1 Hilliard's Real Prop. 340.