INCIDENT

A thing depending upon, pertaining to, or following another, called the principal. 2. The power of punishing for contempt is incident to a court of record; rent is incident to a reversion; distress to rent; estovers of woods to a tenancy for a life or years. This word, used as a noun, denotes anything which inseparably belongs to, or is connected with, or inherent in, another thing, called the “principal.” In this sense, a court-baron is Incident to a manor. Also, less strictly, It denotes anything which is usually connected with another, or connected for some purposes, though not inseparably. Thus, the right of alienation is incident to an estate in fee simple, though separable in equity. See Cromwell v. Phipps (Sur.) 1 N. Y. Supp. 278; Mount Carmel Fruit Co. v. Webster, 140 Cal. 183, 73 Pac 826