“The word ‘appurtenances’ which in former times at least was generally employed in deeds and leases is derived from the word apparentir which is Norman French and means to belong to. Speaking broadly, the word means anything corporeal or incorporeal which is an incident of, and belongs to some other thing as principal. At a time when the construction of conveyances was of a more technical character than it is at present the word was con-sidered of much greater importance than it is now and it was considered that in its absence from a lease or other conveyance a very restricted meaning should attach to the words of the description of the premises conveyed.” 1 H.C. Underhill, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant § 291, at 442–43 (1909).
appurtenance
appurtenance ([schwa]-p[schwa]rt-[[schwa]-]n[schwa]nts), n. Something that belongs or is attached to something else (the garden is an appurtenance to the land).
