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Meaning of hereditament | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/hɪˈɹɛdɪtəmənt/

Definitions

Property which can be inherited.
Inheritance; the act of inheriting.

Examples

“The captain […] had been greatly enamoured; that is to say, of Mr Allworthy's house and gardens, and of his lands, tenements, and hereditaments[…].”

“And be it further ordained and enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That […] the Domains, Lands, Reservations, Buildings, Messuages, Tenements, and Hereditaments within the said several Fiefs and Seigniories now held and possessed by them as Proprietors thereof, […] shall be and they are hereby confirmed and declared good, valid, and effectual in the Law […].”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

hereditarian hereditarianism hereditarianist Hereditarily hereditariness hereditarist