per stirpes
adverb or adjective
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Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
The power of appointment provides that, if Mom does not exercise the power, then upon Mom's death, Dad’s descendants are entitled to the remainder interest, per stirpes.
—Alan Gassman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
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per stirpes
adverb or adjective
Note: Per stirpes distribution provides for division of an estate equally among the members of the group of descendants having a particular degree of kinship (as children), with the issue (that is, the offspring) of a deceased member of that group representing the deceased member, taking the deceased member's share, and dividing it equally among themselves. For example, if a decedent had three children, one of whom had already died leaving issue, the estate would be divided into thirds, with each living child receiving a one-third share, and the issue of the deceased child dividing a one-third share equally amongst themselves.
Latin, by familial stocks
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