per stirpes
[ pur stur-peez, per ]
/ pɜr ˈstɜr piz, pər /
adjective, adverb Law.
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.
Compare
per capita(def 2).
Origin of per stirpes
First recorded in 1675–85,
per stirpes is from the Latin word
per stirpēs literally, by stocks
Words nearby per stirpes
per pro.,
per procurationem,
per rectum,
per say,
per se,
per stirpes,
per tubam,
per vias naturales,
per-,
per.,
pera