Hereditable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Capable of being inherited.

    "Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir."

Example

More examples

"Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir."

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