inheritable

Adjective
Synonyms: heritable

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. capable of being inherited“inheritable traits such as eye color”“an inheritable title”Synonyms: heritable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, a.

1.Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

2.Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities. [1913 Webster]

3.[Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. [1913 Webster]

By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]
The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]

Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance. [1913 Webster]

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