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Definition of Hereditaments
1. hereditament [n] - See also: hereditament
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hereditaments
Literary usage of Hereditaments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"[20] OF INCORPOREAL hereditaments. § 22. Character of an incorporeal hereditament.—An
incorporeal hereditament is a right issuing out of a thing corporate ..."
2. Principles of the Law of Real Property: Intended as a First Book for the Use by Joshua Williams, Thomas Cyprian Williams (1906)
"WE now come to the consideration of incorporeal hereditaments, ... Three lands
Of these purely incorporeal hereditaments there are three kinds, namely, ..."
3. The Modern Law of Real Property: With an Introduction for the Student, and by Louis Arthur Goodeve (1885)
"INCORPOREAL hereditaments. REFERENCE was made in the Introduction to the division
of I. Incorporeal hereditaments into Corporeal and Incorporeal. ..."
4. Introduction to American Law: Designed as a First Book for Students by Timothy Walker (1887)
"I shall first consider incorporeal hereditaments, under the name of easements
... Incorporeal hereditaments comprise certain rights and privileges connected ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1828)
"Corporeal hereditaments are confined to land, which, according to Lord Coke,"
includes not only the ground or soil, but every thing which is attached to the ..."