heritable

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heritable - 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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heritable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  heritable
      adj 1: capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as
             eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: inheritable,
             heritable] [ant: nonheritable, noninheritable]