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Descendible

Descendible \De*scend"i*ble\, a.

  1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

  2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. ``A descendant estate.''
    --Sir W. Jones.

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descendible

a. (context legal English) Of property, able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.

Usage examples of "descendible".

And with respect to the first, I proposed to abolish the law of primogeniture, and to make real estate descendible in parcenary to the next of kin, as personal property is by the statute of distribution.