per stirpes

[pur stur-peez, per] /pɜr ˈstɜr piz, pər/

noun, 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

1675-85; < Latin per stirpēs literally, by stocks

Examples from the web for per stirpes

In a per stirpes distribution, the heirs in the same generation may receive different amounts.

Word Origin and History for per stirpes

Latin, "by families, by stocks;" in legal use, for inheritances, etc., opposed to per capita.