hereditament

[ her-i-dit-uh-muhnt ]

nounLaw.

any inheritable estate or interest in property.

Origin of hereditament

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

Words Nearby hereditament

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How to use hereditament in a sentence

In this country, on the other hand, we confine the hereditament to property, abrogating it in the case of rank and power.
Charles I | Jacob Abbott
The word "inheritance" was used for hereditament, the former being merely the French form, the latter the Latin.
Notes and Queries, Number 225, February 18, 1854 | Various
He concluded that it must be an ancestral hereditament from Athens, Ohio.
By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
The hereditament of a Peer: also rank of a Peer; a list of the Peers.
The Handbook to English Heraldry | Charles Boutell
A franchise is an incorporeal hereditament, and arises either from royal grants or from prescription which presupposes a grant.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for hereditament

hereditament

/ (ˌhɛrɪˈdɪtəmənt) /

nounproperty law

any kind of property capable of being inherited
property that before 1926 passed to an heir if not otherwise disposed of by will

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