corporeal hereditament
1corporeal hereditament — ➔ hereditament * * * corporeal hereditament UK US noun [C] ► LAW something that is received by someone from a person who has died that physically exists, for example, a building → Compare INCORPOREAL HEREDITAMENT(Cf. ↑ …
2donee of a corporeal hereditament — index feoffee Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3one who gives a corporeal hereditament — index feoffor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4hereditament — her‧e‧dit‧a‧ment [ˌherˈdɪtəmənt] noun [countable] LAW a piece of property that can be inheritEd: • Rates are not payable on any unoccupied hereditament for any period during which the owner was prohibited by law from occupying the property.… …
5Hereditament — Her e*dit a*ment, n. [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. [1913… …
6hereditament — her·e·dit·a·ment /ˌher ə di tə mənt/ n [Medieval Latin hereditamentum, from Late Latin hereditare to inherit, from Latin hered heres heir]: inheritable property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
7Hereditament — In law, a hereditament (from Lat. hereditare , to inherit, heres , heir) is any kind of property that can be inherited.Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal. Corporeal hereditaments are such as affect the senses, and may be… …
8Hereditament — That which could be inherited. As it suggests, corporeal hereditament was something physical, such as land or goods; incorporeal hereditament was intangible but real, e.g. a right to something; as *Bracton says, an incorporeal thing does not… …
9hereditament — Real property Originally, it was property that would be inherited by the heir on intestacy. Corporeal hereditaments are physical real property, such as land, buildings, trees, and minerals. Incorporeal hereditaments are intangible rights, such as …
10Incorporeal hereditament — Incorporeal In cor*po re*al, a. [Pref. in not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. {Incorporal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. [1913 Webster] Thus incorporeal spirits… …
