per stirpes
[ pur stur-peez, per ]
adjective, adverbLaw.
pertaining to or noting a method of dividing an estate in which the descendants of a deceased person share as a group in the portion of the estate to which the deceased would have been entitled.
Origin of per stirpes
1First recorded in 1675–85, per stirpes is from Latin per stirpēs literally, “by stocks”
- Compare per capita (def. 2).
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How to use per stirpes in a sentence
In the absence of these, equality ruled between individuals; they shared 'per capita,' and not 'per stirpes.'
The English Village Community | Frederic SeebohmIndeed we need not care whether the division per stirpes or per capita, our share is not the less in either case.
Americanisms and Briticisms | Brander Matthews
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