Appanage

What does Appanage mean in American Law?

The definition of Appanage in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Land or some other source of revenue assigned to a member of a ruler’s family.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Appanage

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c. 1600, “provision made for the younger children of royal or noble families,” from French appanage (16c.), restored from earlier apanage (13c.), a term in feudal law, from apaner “to endow with means of subsistence,” from Medieval Latin appanare “equip with bread,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + panis “bread,” from PIE root *pa- “to feed.” The restored double -p- was subsequently abandoned in French. Meaning “dependent territory” is from 1807.