a. 1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. [ Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable. ] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir. [ 1913 Webster ] By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ] Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]
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