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hereditament

[ her-i-dit-uh-muhnt ]

noun

, Law.
  1. any inheritable estate or interest in property.


hereditament

/ ˌhɛrɪˈdɪtəmənt /

noun

  1. any kind of property capable of being inherited
  2. property that before 1926 passed to an heir if not otherwise disposed of by will
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hereditament1

1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin hērēditāmentum, derivative of Late Latin hērēditāre. See hereditable, -ment
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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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