APPERTA'IN, L. ad and pertineo, to pertain, of per and teneo, to hold. Pertineo is to reach to, to extend to, hence to belong. See Tenant.
To belong, whether by right, nature or appointment.
Give it to him to whom it appertaineth. Leviticus 6 .
See Pertain.
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