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[syn: inheritable, heritable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible;
as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone.
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2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as,
inheritable qualities or infirmities.
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3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by
inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of
succeeding to, as an heir.
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By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted
is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable. --Blackstone.
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The eldest daughter of the king is also alone
inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
--Blackstone.
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Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person
becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inheritable
adj 1: capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as
eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: inheritable,
heritable] [ant: nonheritable, noninheritable]