v.
  - 
(pertain to)
 be appropriate, related, or applicable to. ▸chiefly Law  belong to something as a part, appendage, or accessory. 
- formal be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time:![]()  none of these circumstances pertained during the Jurassic. 
Etymology
  ME: from OFr. partenir, from L. pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’.