Lat A root or stock of descent or title. Taklng property by rlght of representation is called “succession per stirpes" in opposition to taking in one’s own right, or os a prlncipal, which is termed “taking per capita" See Rotmanskey v. Heiss, 86 Md. 633, 39 AU. 415
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
