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hereditament

/ˌherɪˈdɪtəmənt/

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

Any form of property capable of being inherited.

The conveyance passed the house together with every hereditament and appurtenance belonging to it.

Topic: Property in Legal English

Business noun

Any species of property capable of being inherited, whether corporeal or incorporeal.

For rating purposes, each shop was assessed as a separate hereditament.

Topic: Real estate & property in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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