Hereditary
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That w Mcli is the subject of inheritance.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That which is the subject of inheritance.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
That which ls the subject of inheritance.
— Hereditary disease. One transmitted or transmissible from parent to child in consequence of the infection of the former or the presence of the disease in his system, and without exposure of the latter to any fresh source of infection or contagion.
— Hereditary right to the crown. The crown of England, by the positive constitution of the kingdom, has ever been descendible, and so continues in a course peculiar to itself, yet subject to limitation by parliament; but, notwithstanding such limitation, the crown retnins its descendible quality, and becomes hereditary in the prince to whom it is limited. 1 Bl. Comm. 191.
— Hereditary succession. Inheritance by law ; title by descent; the title whereby a person, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate as his heir at law. Barclay v. Cameron, 25 Tex. 241; In re Donahue's Estate, 36 Cal. 332.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
That which is the subject of inheritance, ' HEREDITARY RIGHT TO THE
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1. Subject to inheritance, q. V. 2. Transmitted to descendants: as, hereditary insanity, q. v.