inheritable
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]inheritable (comparative more inheritable, superlative most inheritable)
- That can be inherited.
- an inheritable estate or title
- an inheritable disease
- Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- By attainder […] the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
Translations
[edit]able to be inherited