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stirps definition - legal

n

Latin

A branch of a family or of the family tree. See also per stirpes.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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