T^it. By the hends or polls; according to the number of individuals: share and share alike. This term, de-rived from the civil law, is much used in the latv of descent and distribution, and de-notes that method of dlviding an lntestate estate by which an equal share is given to each of a number of persons, all of whom stand in equal degree to the decedent, with-out reference to thelr stocks or the right of representatlon. It is the antithesis of per stirpes, (q. v
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
