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PER STIRPES [1 record]

Record 1 2013-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

In the law of succession, terms fixing the shares descendants or other beneficiaries are to take. If per capita all in the designated class take equally, by heads; if per stirpes, they take by the branches of the family, e.g. grandchildren jointly taking their parent's share. (Walker, p. 946)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

par souche : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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