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Capable of being passed on to children.
Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.
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Hereditable — He*red i*ta*ble, a. [LL. hereditabilis, fr. hereditare to inherit, fr. L. hereditas heirship inheritance, heres heir: cf. OF. hereditable. See {Heir}, and cf. {Heritable}.] 1. Capable of being inherited. See {Inheritable}. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hereditable — index hereditary, heritable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hereditable — (del lat. «hereditāre», heredar; ant.) adj. Heredable … Enciclopedia Universal
hereditable — mid 15c.; see HEREDITY (Cf. heredity) + ABLE (Cf. able). Related: Hereditability … Etymology dictionary
hereditable — hereditability, n. hereditably, adv. /heuh red i teuh beuhl/, adj. heritable. [1400 50; late ME < MF < LL heredit(are) to inherit, deriv. of L hered (s. of heres) HEIR + MF able ABLE] * * * … Universalium
hereditable — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. congenital, genetic, intrinsic; see ancestral , inherent … English dictionary for students
hereditable — he·red·i·ta·ble || hɪ redɪtÉ™bl adj. may be passed on through inheritance, inheritable, capable of being inherited … English contemporary dictionary
hereditable — [hɪ rɛdɪtəb(ə)l] adjective less common term for heritable … English new terms dictionary
hereditable — a. Inheritable … New dictionary of synonyms
hereditable — he·red·i·ta·ble … English syllables
