従じゅう物ぶつ

noun

accessory; appurtenance

Legal term for a thing that is attached to and serves a principal thing, such as a key to a lock or a remote control to a TV. Not used for fashion accessories.

• 民みん法ぽうでは、従じゅう物ぶつは主しゅ物ぶつの処しょ分ぶんに従したがうとされている。

  Under the Civil Code, an accessory is deemed to follow the disposition of the principal thing.

• 家いえの鍵かぎは建たて物ものの従じゅう物ぶつとみなされる。

  The house key is regarded as an accessory to the building.