noun
- property that can be inherited, including both real estate and personal property
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The will specified that all hereditaments would pass to the eldest son.
- The lawyer explained that hereditaments include both the house and its contents.
- Ancient laws governed the transfer of hereditaments from one generation to the next.
- The estate’s hereditaments were valued at over two million dollars.
- She inherited various hereditaments from her grandmother’s estate.
- The court ruled on the division of hereditaments among the siblings.