descendible
Americanadjective
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capable of being transmitted by inheritance.
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permitting descent.
a descendible hill.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of descendible
1425–75; late Middle English descendable < Old French, equivalent to descend ( re ) to descend + -able -able; spelling later Latinized
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Lands are not naturally descendible any more than thrones: but the law has thought proper, for the benefit and peace of the public, to establish hereditary succession in one as well as the other.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
Else he ranks after baronets; who are the next order: which title is a dignity of inheritance, created by letters patent, and usually descendible to the issue male.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
The question arises, who is most responsible—a peer for life whose dignities are not descendible, or a peer for life whose dignities are hereditary?
From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various
"It appears by communications from the stewards to the late Mr. Sawkins, that in the following manors, lands are descendible after the custom of Borough-English:— "Middlesex.
First, it is in general hereditary, or descendible to the next heir, on the death or demise of the last proprietor.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
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