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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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