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Inheritable blood

Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, a.

  1. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.
    --Blackstone.

  2. Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.

  3. [Cf. OF. enheritable, inheritable.] Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.

    By attainder . . . the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable.
    --Blackstone.

    The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.
    --Blackstone.

    Inheritable blood, blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.