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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hereditament \Her'e*dit"a*ment\, noun [LL. hereditamentum. See {Hereditable}.] (Law) Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements, anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may descend to an heir. --Blackstone.
Note: A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hereditament
noun: any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited
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