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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.