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purtenance (iou)



purtenance noun. arch. LME.
[Anglo-Norman alt. of Old French partinance, pert-, from partenant pres. pple of partenir: see PERTAIN, -ANCE. Later perh. taken as aphet. from APPURTENANCE.]
That which appertains or forms an appendage to something; an accessory, an appurtenance; spec. (a) Law an appendage or appurtence to a possession or estate; (b) the entrails of an animal.