The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incorporeal hereditament
Incorporeal \In`cor*po"re*al\, a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. Incorporal.]
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Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial.
Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense.
--Milton.Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us.
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(Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal.
Incorporeal hereditament. See under Hereditament.
Syn: Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual.