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Hereditament

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Any property which may be inherited. See 46 Ind. 488, 15 Am. Rep. 295.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Anything that may be inherited, whether a thing corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal or mixed. Corporeal hereditaments are such as are tangible, visible and as may pass by livery of seisin; incorporeal hereditaments are such as are not capable of manual delivery or feoffment, but lie only in grant