descendabilityn.
/dᵻˌsɛndəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /dəˌsɛndəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /diˌsɛndəˈbɪlᵻdi/ Law.
= descendibility n.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > capability of
hereditariness1640
descendibility1765
heredity1773
inheritableness1780
inheritability1784
hereditability1798
descendability1830
heritability1832
1830 Law Mag. 1 68 With reference to the descendability and devisability of contingent and executory interests.
1888 Rep. Court of Appeals N.Y. 107 188 The land in question would have descended to Mrs. George Spicer's heirs, by virtue of the law converting formal trusts into legal estates; if not under the statute as to descendability of expectant estates.
1912 Chicago Legal News 9 Aug. 2/4 According to universal statute law the idea of descendability to heirs, devisees, legatees or next of kin..is a concomitant of vested rights of property.
2015 J. Silbey Eureka Myth 316 This [right of publicity] started out as a personal right (akin to privacy) and has shifted to a property interest capable of transfer, descendability, and commercialization.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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