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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. 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.