Hereditaments

In common law, a hereditament is any kind of property that can be inherited. Hereditaments are divided into corporeal and incorporeal.

According to Blackstone Corporeal hereditaments are "such as affect the senses, and may be seen and handled by the body; incorporeal are not the subject of sensation, can neither be seen nor handled, are creatures of the mind, and exist only in contemplation".

Incorporeal hereditaments are hereditary such "rights of the father are rights of the son", "titles of honour or dignity, heritable titles of office, coats of arms, prescriptive baronies, pensions, annuities, rentcharges, franchises — and any other interest having no physical existence."