'Inheritable' definitions:
Definition of 'inheritable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: inheritable, heritable] [ant: nonheritable, noninheritable]
Definition of 'Inheritable'
From: GCIDE
- Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, 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]