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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Inheritable

/ĭnˌ-hĕr'-ət-əb-əl/ · In·her·it·a·ble · IPA /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/
01 a. Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.
  1. 1.
    Capable of being inherited; transmissible or descendible; as, an inheritable estate or title.
  2. 2.
    Capable of being transmitted from parent to child; as, inheritable qualities or infirmities.
  3. 3.
    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.
Phrases & compounds
Inheritable blood — blood or relationship by which a person becomes qualified to be an heir, or to transmit possessions by inheritance.