Definition of "hereditament" [her•e•dit•a•ment]

• Property that can be inherited. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word hereditament muft, I think, be as operative as the words real eftate."
• "Yesterday's term was hereditament, which is defined as:"
• "It's more important for you to think your way out of a legal dilemma than to remember that incorporeal hereditament is an inchoate or intangible right."