Appurtenance

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....e purpose thereof (Words and Phrases Legally Defined--Butterworths, 2nd edn.). "The word 'appurtenances' has a distinct and definite meaning.... Prima facie it imports nothing more than what is strictly appertaining to the subject-matter of the devise or grant, and which would, in truth, pass without being specially mentioned : Ordinarily, what is necessary for the enjoyment and has be....

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....f 'appurtenance' is dependence of the building on what appertains to it for its use as a building. So even if it is presumed, as has been argued before us, that there is some land as an appurtenance to a building, then if the word "appurtenance" has been used in its true sense, it is an integral part of the building to which it belongs, while if the word has been used loosely, it will ha....