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Inheritable (?), a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone.
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2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.
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3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
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By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
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The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
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Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.
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