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per ardua ad astra
per capita
per contra
per curiam
per diem
per mill
per procurationem
per se
per stirpes
per-unit tax
peracid
peradventure
perambulate
perambulator
perborate
percale
percaline
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per stirpes

per stir·pes [ pər stúr pz ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
finance law equally among offspring: relating to a method of dividing the estate of a deceased person equally between the the children of the deceased. The part of the estate that would have gone to one of the children who has died is divided among the children of this person.

[< modern Latin, literally "by roots."]
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