INHER'ITABLE, adjective That may be inherited; transmissible or descendible from the ancestor to the heir by course of law; as an inheritable estate or title. 1. That may be transmitted from the parent to the child; as inheritable qualities or infirmities. 2. Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent. By attainder--the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable
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