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hereditament
[ her-i-dit-uh-muhnt ]
noun
- any inheritable estate or interest in property.
hereditament
/ ˌhɛrɪˈdɪtəmənt /
noun
- any kind of property capable of being inherited
- property that before 1926 passed to an heir if not otherwise disposed of by will
Word History and Origins
Origin of hereditament1
Example Sentences
Public rights of way show up between parcels of land called “hereditaments.”
It is still used in the phrase “lands, tenements and hereditaments” to describe property in land, as distinguished from goods and chattels or movable property.
Trustees empowered to invest money on the security of freehold or copyhold hereditaments, may invest upon freehold ground rents reserved out of house property.
"And the parties to this indenture do farther covenant and agree, that all and every the said lands, tenements, and hereditaments—um—um."——How useful sometimes is ambiguity.
A franchise is an incorporeal hereditament, and arises either from royal grants or from prescription which presupposes a grant.
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