inter vivos

American  

[in-ter vahy-vohs, vee-] / ˈɪn tər ˈvaɪ voʊs, ˈvi- /

adverb

Law.

1. (especially of a gift or trust) taking effect during the lifetimes of the parties involved; between living persons.

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inter vivos British  

/ ˈɪntə ˈviːvɒs /

adjective

1. law between living people

   an inter vivos gift

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Etymology

Origin of inter vivos

First recorded in 1830–40, inter vivos is from Latin inter vīvōs literally, “among the living”

Example Sentences

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

The language of this prohibition is curiously general, and is indeed sufficient in its terms to prohibit assignments mortis causa, as well as those inter vivos.

From The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

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 Callan, Charles Jerome

If he has not alienated it inter vivos, it will be hers if she survives him.

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 Hecker, Eugene Arthur

The Mortmain Acts applied only to cases of alienation inter vivos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various