inter vivos
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of inter vivos
First recorded in 1830–40, inter vivos is from Latin inter vīvōs literally, “among the living”
Example Sentences
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Thousands of my readers have put their real estate into an inter vivos trust using one of the forms in my book.
From Time Magazine Archive
What the husband gets possession of is simply his; he can freely dispose of it inter vivos or by will.
From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene Arthur Hecker
A dead body wants to return, and be inrolled inter vivos.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
As to his successors through gift inter vivos or testament, they are not bound to give the superfluities as an alms, since the church precept was for the cleric himself.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Charles Jerome Callan
As this legacy opinion to you takes the form of a donation inter vivos it will, I hope, escape duty.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
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