1. Any property that can be inherited; anything that passes by intestacy. [Cases: Descent and Distribution
8. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 9–12; Right of Privacy and Publicity§ 42.]
2. Real property; land. [Cases: Property
4. C.J.S. Property §§ 14–21, 23.]
corporeal hereditament (kor-por-ee-[schwa]l). A tangible item of property, such as land, a building, or a fixture. [Cases: Fixtures 1; Property
4. C.J.S. Property §§ 14–21, 23.]
incorporeal hereditament (in-kor-por-ee-[schwa]l). An intangible right in land, such as an easement. • The various types at common law were advowsons, annuities, commons, dignities, franchises, offices, pensions, rents, tithes, and ways.
“There are two quite distinct classes of incorporeal hereditaments:
1. Those which may ripen into corporeal hereditaments. Thus a grant to A for life with remainder to B in fee simple gave B an incorporeal hereditament which becomes corporeal after A’s death.
2. Those which can never become corporeal hereditaments but are merely rights over the land of another, e.g., rentcharges.” Robert E. Megarry & M.P. Thompson, A Manual of the Law of Real Property 361 (6th ed. 1993).
