See also:

• HEREDITAMENT (from Lat. heredilare, to inherit, heres, heir)

HEREDITAMENT (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. heredilare, to inherit, heres, See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, every See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• PROPERTY

property that can be inherited . Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal; corporeal hereditaments are " such as affect the senses, and may be seen and handled by the See also:

• BODY

body; incorporeal are not the subject of sensation, can neither be seen nor handled, are creatures of the mind, and exist only in contemplation " (See also:

• BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-1780)

Blackstone, Commentaries) . An example of a corporeal See also:

• HEREDITAMENT (from Lat. heredilare, to inherit, heres, heir)

hereditament is See also:

• LAND

land held in See also:

• FREEHOLD

freehold, of incorporeal herditaments, See also:

• TITHES

tithes, advowsons, See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions, annuities, rents, franchises, &c . It is still used in the phrase " lands, tenements and hereditaments " to describe property in land, as distinguished from goods and chattels or movable property .