From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inheritable \In*her"it*a*ble\, adjective
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: that can be inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" [syn: {heritable}] [ant: {noninheritable}]
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