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appurtenant Belonging to: necessary to the enjoyment of a thing; Annexed to a hereditament by an act of parties or state, e.g., a right of way (which can generally be claimed by express grant or prescription. An appurtenant right must be related to the needs or use of the dominant tenement. For this reason an exclusive right to grazing or taking timber, or fishing without limit, cannot exist as appurtenant to another property |