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Heritable


HER'ITABLE, adjective [from the root of heir, Latin haeres.]

1. Capable of inheriting, or taking by descent.

By the canon law this son shall be legitimate and heritable

2. That may be inherited. [This is the true sense.]

3. Annexed to estates of inheritance. In Scot's law, heritable rights are all rights that affect lands or other immovables.