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Titles of Honour

Titles of Honour, are a species of incorporeal hereditament: see Co. Litt. 20 a, and Mr. Hargrave's note (3); Earl Ferrers' Case, 2 Eden, App., p. 373.

Replevin

a week from date, and to prove that he had ground to believe that the title to some hereditament, or to some toll, etc., was in question, or that such rent or damage exceeded 20l., and to

Rate

council. The general rate is raised on so much in the pound on the rateable value of each hereditament in rateable occupation according to the valuation list. Contributions required by bodies such as the county council entitled

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Presentation

church and benefice is now 'land' (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205), and previously was an incorporeal hereditament, but if the benefice has become vacant, the nature of the right of presentation is altered: it becomes

Occupancy

3, that an estate pur autre vie, of whatever tenure, and whether it be an incorporeal or corporeal hereditament, may in all cases be devised by will, and, by s. 6, that if no disposition by will

Licence

authority is often called a licence. A licence amounting to or coupled with an interest in an incorporeal hereditament must be under seal [see Wood v. Leadbitter, (1845) 13 M&W 838], or it may be revocable, but

Baronet

on that roll is received as a baronet or entitled to be addressed as such. As an incorporeal hereditament a baronetcy is 'land' within the meaning of 'land,' see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, ss. 201(1) and 130(2),

Franchise

Franchise, an incorporeal hereditament synony-mous with liberty. A royal privilege or branch of the Crown's prerogative subsisting in the hands of a

Easement

grantee of the land, see Wheeldon v. Burrows, (1879) 12 Ch D 31. An easement is an incorporeal hereditament, which from its nature can only be created by grant: hence the origin of all easements may be

Disturbance

Disturbance, annoyance; also the wrongful obstruction of the owner of an incorporeal hereditament in its exercise or enjoyment. There are five sorts of this injury, viz., disturbance of (1) franchise, (2)

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