
Meaning of HEREDITAMENT
| Pronunciation: | | `heri'ditumunt
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited |
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| | See Also: | | belongings, holding, material possession, property | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Her`e*dit"a*ment\, n. [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.
Note: 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.
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