Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inheritable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, a.
1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible;
as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone.

2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as,
inheritable qualities or infirmities.

3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by
inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of
succeeding to, as an heir.

By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted
is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer
inheritable. --Blackstone.

The eldest daughter of the king is also alone
inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
--Blackstone.

{Inheritable blood}, blood or relationship by which a person
becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit
possessions by inheritance.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inheritable
adj : that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye
color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: {heritable}] [ant:
{noninheritable}]


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