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Appurtenances
AppurtenancesIn common parlance and legal acceptation, is used to signify something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to the principal thing. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Common marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists. Legal That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust. Principal 1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime. Incident A thing depending upon, appertaining to, or following another, called the princinal. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Appurtenance Something that, although detached, stands as part of another thing. An attachment or appendage to something else. Used often in a real estate context where an "appurtenance" may be, for example, a right-of-way over water, which, although physically detached, is part of the legal rights of the owner of another property. Appurtenant Belonging to; pertaining to of right. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Approbate and reprobate In Scotland this term is used to signify to approve and reject. It is a maxim quod approbo non reprobo. Appropriation Ecclesiastical law The setting apart an ecclesiastical benefice, which is the general property of the church, to the perpetual and proper use of some religious house, bishop or college, dean and chapter and the like. Approvement 1) English Criminal law. The act by which a person indicted of treason or felony, and arraigned for the same, confesses the same before any plea pleaded, and accuses others, his accomplices, of the same crime, in order to obtain his pardon. 2) English law. The inclosing of common land within the lord's waste, so as to leave egress and regress to a tenant who is a commoner. Approver English Criminal law. One confessing himself guilty of felony, and approving others of the same crime to save himself. Appurtenance Something that, although detached, stands as part of another thing. An attachment or appendage to something else. Used often in a real estate context where an "appurtenance" may be, for example, a right-of-way over water, which, although physically detached, is part of the legal rights of the owner of another property. Appurtenances Appurtenant Belonging to; pertaining to of right. Aqua Water. It is a rule that water belongs to the land which it covers, when it is stationary: aqua cedit solo. But the owner of running water, or of a water course, cannot stop it the inferior inheritance having a right to the flow. Aquae ductus Civil law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right to carry water by means of pipes or conduits over or through the estate of another. Aquae haustus Civil law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right to draw water from the fountain, pool, or spring of another. Aquae immittendae Civil law. The name of a servitude, which frequently occurs among neighbors. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Appurtenances. If you have a better definition for Appurtenances than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Appurtenances may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Appurtenances and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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