INCORPOREAL HEREDITAMENT title, estates. A right issuing out of, or annexed unto a thing corporeal. 2. Their existence is merely in idea and abstracted contemplation, though their effects and profits may be frequently the objects of our bodily senses. Co Litt. 9 a; Poth. Traite des Choses, 2. According to Sir William Blackstone, there are ten kinds of incorporeal hereditamenta; namely, 1. Advowsons. 2. Tithes. 3. Commons. 4. Ways. 5. Offices. 6. Dignities. 7. Franchises. 8. Corodies. 9. Annuities. 10. Rents. 2 Bl. Com. 20. 3. But, in the United States, there, are no advowsons, tithes, dignities, nor corodies. The other s have no necessary connexion with real estate, and are not hereditary, and, with the exception of annuities, in some cases, cannot be transferred, and do not descend. Source: Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition |
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