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Supervenient, -ant, adj. (n.). [17th c. Eng. supervenient (1628), L. supervenient-, pres. p. of supervenīre to follow after, be added to.]

1. adj. Following, subsequent; occurring as a consequence of what has happened previously.Freq. in legal terminology. 1565 Edinb. Univ. MS La.iii.388a, 20a.
Diligence wes done in ony of the saidis thre termes, and vpone nane vtherwayes les gif it be vpone ane supervenient caus as newlingis cumit to the knawlege of the persewar c1575 Balfour Pract. 293.
He may not be helpit be ony richt or titill supervenient, or impetrat be him induring the dependance of the pley 1587-99 Hume 95/46.
By reason of the cold supervenient winter, I was tyed to the bed 1600 Crim. Trials II 118.
For the reductioun supervenient, and speciallie for the alledgeit want of ane stamp … is na caus to take the defenderis lyffe 1601 Cochran-Patrick Coinage I 203.
Be weir forreyne or intestine or pest or be ony supervenient accidentis 1619 Crim. Trials III 468.
That be the straikis he contractit a deidlie disease … the straikis to be the caus of a supervenient diseis 1649 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. I 410.
Seeing the moveables were exhausted by a supervenient debt 1658 Paisley B. Rec. 103.
The inserteinge … of the said signatour and infeftment sall nawayes derogat … fra this abonwritten securitie … Bot to the contrarie sall be in fortification and corroboration heirof And salbe ane supervenient richt to thame 1678 Fountainhall Decis. I 11. c1680 McWard Serm. 13.
The supervenient engagements and obligations to God which lye specially upon us of the Church of Scotland, by our solemnly sworn covenants 1682 Fountainhall Decis. I 174.
Indentures which cannot be taken away from them by a posterior and supervenient interlocutor 1686 Fountainhall Decis. I 428.
She having acquired a supervenient right in her person by this testament 1696 Adv. Min. Bk. 165.
Craveing that in respect he was remitted to the Facultie in the tearmes of the late Act of Sederunt and that superveniant Acts of Faculty did never look backward

b. That is subsequently transferred, or falls due, to (someone), as a right. 1658 Paisley B. Rec. 103.
Gif anie suche gifte or donatioune sall be … purchased be thame … The samen sall accresse and be also supervenient to the saids baillies [etc.] … of … Paislaye and their successouris, and sallbe transferrit in theire favouris in swa far as maye secure the premisses to thame

2. noun. ? A subsequent or additional charge. 1653 Dumfries Kirk S. 8 Aug.
Agnes Welsh sumondit to Thursday wpon ane new supervenient