hereditament
/her-i-dit-uh-muhnt/US // ˌhɛr ɪˈdɪt ə mənt //UK // (ˌhɛrɪˈdɪtəmənt) //
遗产地,遗产,产地,世袭财产
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Law.
- : any inheritable estate or interest in property.
Examples
In this country, on the other hand, we confine the hereditament to property, abrogating it in the case of rank and power.
The word "inheritance" was used for hereditament, the former being merely the French form, the latter the Latin.
He concluded that it must be an ancestral hereditament from Athens, Ohio.
The hereditament of a Peer: also rank of a Peer; a list of the Peers.
A franchise is an incorporeal hereditament, and arises either from royal grants or from prescription which presupposes a grant.
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