[V] (formal) to exist or to apply in a particular situation or at a particular time:
Living conditions are vastly different from those pertaining in their country of origin. * Those laws no longer pertain.
PHRASALVERBS
pertain to sth/sb (formal) to be connected with sth/sb:
the laws pertaining to adoption
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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