Relating to or characteristic of things that are inherited or passed down through family lines.
From Latin 'hereditalis,' the adjectival form of 'hereditas.' This specialized legal term emphasizes the quality of being related to inheritance and heredity.
Medieval lawyers loved this word when discussing 'heredital rights'—basically, the special rights you got just because your parents had them, which is why democracy was such a big deal.
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