Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heritable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heritable \Her"it*a*ble\, a. [OF. h['e]ritable. See {Heritage},
{Hereditable}.]
1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance;
inheritable.
2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
This son shall be legitimate and heritable. --Sir M.
Hale.
{Heritable rights} (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to
land or whatever may be intimately connected with land;
realty. --Jacob (Law Dict.).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heritable
adj : that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye
color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: {inheritable}]
[ant: {noninheritable}]
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