Heritable

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
heritable
    adj 1: capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as
           eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: {inheritable},
           {heritable}] [ant: {nonheritable}, {noninheritable}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Heritable \Her"it*a*ble\, a. [OF. h['e]ritable. See {Heritage},
   {Hereditable}.]
   1. Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance;
      inheritable.
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   2. Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.
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            This son shall be legitimate and heritable. --Sir M.
                                                  Hale.
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   {Heritable rights} (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to
      land or whatever may be intimately connected with land;
      realty. --Jacob (Law Dict.).
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