hereditament
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /hɪˈɹɛdɪtəmənt/, /hɛɹɪˈdɪtəmənt/
hereditament (plural hereditaments)
- (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 […].
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1979, p. 25:
- Inheritance.
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