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