descendible

or de·scend·a·ble

[ dih-sen-duh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being transmitted by inheritance.
2. permitting descent:

   a descendible hill.

descendible

/ dɪˈsɛndəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being inherited

Other Words From

• de·scendi·bili·ty de·scenda·bili·ty noun
• unde·scenda·ble adjective
• unde·scendi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of descendible¹

1425–75; late Middle English descendable < Old French, equivalent to descend ( re ) to descend + -able -able; spelling later Latinized

Example Sentences

Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born.

From Project Gutenberg

"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.

From Project Gutenberg

Under English law, when a nobleman dies leaving no male issue, the title, if descendible to his heirs general, as in the case of baronies by writ, is said to be in abeyance, until the king, by his prerogative, terminates the abeyance in favour of one of the co-heiresses.

From Project Gutenberg

If he was a villein regardant he passed with the land to which he was annexed, but might be severed at the will of his lord; if he was a villein in gross, he was an hereditament, or a chattel real, according to his lord's interest; being descendible to the heir, where the lord was absolute owner, and transmissible to the executor where the lord had only a term of years in him.

From Project Gutenberg

First, it is in general hereditary, or descendible to the next heir, on the death or demise of the last proprietor.

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