In Medieval and Roman law, a hereditary estate or property; land held as an inheritance.
From Latin 'heredium,' meaning hereditary property or estate. This term appears in Medieval legal documents describing feudal holdings.
A 'heredium' was basically your chunk of land as a feudal vassal—it stayed in your family, which meant you were stuck there too, for better or worse.
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