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Any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
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hereditament
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In law , a hereditament (from Latin hereditare , to inherit, from heres , heir) is any kind of property that can be inherited . Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. Corporeal hereditaments are "such as affect the senses, and may be ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"inherited property," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin hereditamentum , from Latin hereditatem (see heredity ).\n
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) Property which can be inherited. 2 inheritance.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hereditament \Her`e*dit"a*ment\, n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable .] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. --Blackstone. Note: ...
Usage examples of hereditament.
Namely that I hereby create an Entail upon all the lands and hereditaments, tenements, messuages, and holdings: which Entail is vested in my Son, James, and the Heirs of his Body.
So note a diversity between a use or warranty, and the like things annexed to the estate of the land in privity, and commons, advowsons, and other hereditaments annexed to the possession of the land.
And also all that certain other tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being partly in said county of Erie and partly in the county of Genesee in said State, commonly called and known by the name of the Tonawanda Reservation, and containing by estimation twelve thousand eight hundred acres, be the same more or less: As the said several tracts of land have been heretofore reserved and are held and occupied by the Seneca Nation of Indians, or by individuals thereof, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to each and every of the said tracts or parcels of land belonging or appertaining.