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) |