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Webster 1913 Edition


Hereditament

Herˊe-dit′a-ment

,
Noun.
[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.
☞ A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hereditament

HEREDIT'AMENT

,
Noun.
[L. haeres, haeredium. See Heir.]
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements,any thing corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal or mixed, that may descend to an heir.
A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is an ideal right, existing in contemplation of law, issuing out of substantial corporeal property.