the rights and privileges that appertain to marriage the doctrine that the swath of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific naturally appertained to the United States
Recent Examples on the WebAh, but a, b, and c above do not appertain to cancer. John Rosemond, charlotteobserver, 11 May 2017
Word History
Etymology
Middle English apperteinen, from Anglo-French apurtenir, from Late Latin appertinēre, from Latin ad- + pertinēre to belong — more at pertain