Stirpes

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stirps \Stirps\, n.; pl. {Stirpes}. [L., stem, stock.]
     1. (Law) Stock; race; family. --Blackstone.
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     2. (Bot.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stirpes
       See {stirps}

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  STIRPES, descents. The root, stem, or stock of a tree. Figuratively, it 
  signifies, in law, that person from whom a family is descended, and also the 
  kindred or family. 
       2. It is chiefly used in estimating the several interests of the 
  different kindred, in the distribution of an intestate's estate. 2 Bl. Com. 
  517 and vide Descent; Line.