Inter Vivos
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Between the llving; from one living person to another. Where property passes by conveyance, the transaction is said to be inter vivos, to distinguish it from a case of succession or devise. So an ordinary gift from one person to another is called a "gift inter vivos," to distinguish it from a donation made in contemplation of death, (mortis causa.)