hereditament
Americannoun
noun
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any kind of property capable of being inherited
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property that before 1926 passed to an heir if not otherwise disposed of by will
Etymology
Origin of hereditament
1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin hērēditāmentum, derivative of Late Latin hērēditāre. See hereditable, -ment
Example Sentences
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That "disposition for hard hitting with a moral purpose to sanction it," which George Meredith pronounces the national disposition of British humour, is Mark Twain's unmistakable hereditament.
From Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson
The hereditament of a Peer: also rank of a Peer; a list of the Peers.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
In this country, on the other hand, we confine the hereditament to property, abrogating it in the case of rank and power.
From Charles I Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
English title in a pew is in the nature of a right of way through another's land; it is an incorporeal hereditament.
From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Charles M. Scanlan
A franchise is an incorporeal hereditament, and arises either from royal grants or from prescription which presupposes a grant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
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