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Webster 1913 Edition

Inheritable

In-her′it-a-ble

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inheritable

INHER'ITABLE

,
Adj.
That may be inherited; transmissible or descendible from the ancestor to the heir by course of law; as an inheritable estate or title.
1.
That may be transmitted from the parent to the child; as inheritable qualities or infirmities.
2.
Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent.
By attainder--the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.

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