Definition of descendible in English:
descendible
adjective dɪˈsɛndɪb(ə)ldəˈsɛndəb(ə)l
Law (of property) eligible to be inherited by a descendant.
an estate descendible only in the male line
Example sentencesExamples
- A person's fame or ‘publicity right’ is deemed to be fully alienable and descendible.
- This means that in these states the celebrities do have property rights to their image, and that these rights are usually descendible.
- His authority during the time it lasted, would be the same whether it were for one year or twenty, or for life, or descendible to his eldest son.
- In most states with publicity rights, the rights survive death and are transferable and descendible.
- Twelve statutory jurisdictions that have addressed this issue treat the right of publicity as descendible.
Definition of descendible in US English:
descendible
adjectivedəˈsendəb(ə)ldəˈsɛndəb(ə)l
Law (of property) able to be inherited by a descendant.
an estate descendible only in the male line
Example sentencesExamples
- A person's fame or ‘publicity right’ is deemed to be fully alienable and descendible.
- His authority during the time it lasted, would be the same whether it were for one year or twenty, or for life, or descendible to his eldest son.
- Twelve statutory jurisdictions that have addressed this issue treat the right of publicity as descendible.
- In most states with publicity rights, the rights survive death and are transferable and descendible.
- This means that in these states the celebrities do have property rights to their image, and that these rights are usually descendible.