noun
- any property that can be inherited
Usage: legal
Examples
- The estate included both corporeal and incorporeal hereditaments.
- Real property is considered a hereditament under common law.
- The lawyer explained that the fishing rights were an incorporeal hereditament.
- All hereditaments must be properly documented in the will.
- The family’s hereditaments were divided equally among the children.
- Ancient hereditaments often included unusual rights and privileges.