hereditament

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) /

noun property 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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