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Webster 1913 Edition


Hereditable

He-red′i-ta-ble

,
Adj.
[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.
2.
Qualified to inherit; capable of inheriting.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hereditable

HERED'ITABLE

,
Adj.
[from the root of heir; L. haereditas.]
That may be inherited. [Not much used. See Inheritable.]

Definition 2024


hereditable

hereditable

English

Adjective

hereditable (comparative more hereditable, superlative most hereditable)

  1. Capable of being passed on to children.
    • 1913, Penal Laws, article in Catholic Encyclopedia,
      Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.