Stirps
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. A root or stock of descent or title. Taking property by right of representation is called "succession per stirpes," in opposition to inking in one's own right or as a principal, which is termed "inking per capita."
See Rotmanskey v. Heiss, 86 Md. 633, 39 Atl. 415.