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Stirpes

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004701

A method of distributing a deceased person's estate in which each branch of the family receives an equal share. If a beneficiary is deceased, their share is divided equally among their own descendants. This contrasts with a per capita distribution, where each surviving descendant receives an equal share regardless of their family branch.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004701
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004701",
  "term": "Stirpes",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A method of distributing a deceased person's estate in which each branch of the family receives an equal share. If a beneficiary is deceased, their share is divided equally among their own descendants. This contrasts with a per capita distribution, where each surviving descendant receives an equal share regardless of their family branch.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/stirpes/"
}

Record 4,791 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.