He*red"i*ta*bly, adv. By inheritance. W. Tooke.
Her`e*dit"a*ment (?), n. [LL. hereditamentum. See Hereditable.] (Law)
Any species of property that may be inherited; lands, tenements,
anything corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed, that may
descend to an heir. Blackstone.
A corporeal hereditament is visible and tangible; an incorporeal
hereditament is not in itself visible or tangible, being an hereditary
right, interest, or obligation, as duty to pay rent, or a right of way.
He*red"i*ta*ri*ly (?), adv. By inheritance; in an hereditary manner.
Pope.
He*red"i*ta*ry (?), a. [L. hereditarius, fr. hereditas heirship,
inheritance, fr. heres heir: cf. F. hÈrÈditaire. See Heir.] 1.
Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at
law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by
inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
2. Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional
quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride,
bravery, disease.
Syn. -- Ancestral; patrimonial; inheritable.
He*red"i*ty (?), n. [L. hereditas heirship.] (Biol.) Hereditary
transmission of the physical and psychical qualities of parents to
their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to
repeat their characteristics in their descendants. See Pangenesis.
Her"e*ford (?), n. One of a breed of cattle originating in
Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and
their beef-producing quality is excellent.