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Heritable adj.

Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.

Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance. "This son shall be legitimate and heritable."

Heritable rights (Scots Law), rights of the heir; rights to land or whatever may be intimately connected with land; realty.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... or little more, has undergone so complete a change as this kingdom of Scotland. The effects of the insurrection of 1745,—the destruction of the patriarchal power of the Highland chiefs,—the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions of the Lowland nobility and barons,—the total eradication of the Jacobite party, which, averse to intermingle with the English, or adopt their customs, long continued to pride themselves upon maintaining ancient Scottish manners ...

— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

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... may walk to the east as well as the west, if he happens to turn his head that way." Godwin was persuaded that all genius is a mere acquisition, for he hints at "infusing it," and making it a thing "heritable." A reversion which has been missed by the many respectable dunces who have been sons of men ...

— Literary Character of Men of Genius - Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions • Isaac D'Israeli

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Words linked to "Heritable" : familial, patrimonial, inheriting, hereditary, transmissible, genetic, inherited