incorporeal hereditament

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Incorporeal \In`cor*po"re*al\, a. [Pref. in- not + corporeal: cf. L. incorporeus. Cf. Incorporal.] [1913 Webster]

1.Not corporeal; not having a material body or form; not consisting of matter; immaterial. [1913 Webster]

Thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms Reduced their shapes immense.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Sense and perception must necessarily proceed from some incorporeal substance within us.— Bentley.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) Existing only in contemplation of law; not capable of actual visible seizin or possession; not being an object of sense; intangible; -- opposed to corporeal. [1913 Webster]

Incorporeal hereditament. See under Hereditament.

Syn: Immaterial; unsubstantial; bodiless; spiritual. [1913 Webster]

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