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 Henderson, Archibald
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
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 Scanlan, Charles M.
His Southern hereditament of chivalry, his compassion for the oppressed and his defence of the down-trodden, were never in abeyance from the beginning of his career to the very end.
From Mark Twain by Henderson, Archibald
The hereditament of a Peer: also rank of a Peer; a list of the Peers.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
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