Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hereditament"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hereditament \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hereditament
n : any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be
inherited
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