PER STIRPES


Meaning of PER STIRPES in English

perˈstirˌpās, ˌpərˈstər(ˌ)pēz adverb (or adjective)

Etymology: Latin

: by familial stocks : as representatives of the branches of the descendants of a person — used of a mode of reckoning the rights or liabilities of descendants in which the children of any one descendant have or take only the share that their parent would have taken if living; compare per capita

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