Hereditament

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /hɪˈɹɛdɪtÉ™mÉ™nt/, /hɛɹɪˈdɪtÉ™mÉ™nt/

Origin

From mediaeval Latin hērēditāmentum, from late Latin hērēditō ("to inherit"), from hērēdem ("heir").

Full definition of hereditament

Noun

1. (legal) Property which can be inherited.
• 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1979, p. 25:the captain ... had been greatly enamoured; that is to say, of Mr Allworthy's house and gardens, and of his lands, tenements, and hereditaments ....
2. Inheritance.