Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HER'IT-A-BLE, a. [from the root of heir, L. hæres.]

1. Capable of inheriting or taking by descent. By the canon law this son shall be legitimate and heritable. Hale.
2. That may be inherited. [This is the true sense.]
3. Annexed to estates of inheritance. In Scots law, heritable rights are all rights that affect lands or other immovables. Encyc. Blackstone.