stirps
stirps pl. stir′pes·
- family or branch of a family
- Law the person from whom a family or branch of a family is descended
Origin of stirps
L, literally , a stalk, trunk, root ; from Indo-European base an unverified form ster-, rigid, stiff, starestirps
noun
pl. stir·pes- A line of descendants of common ancestry; stock.
- Law A person from whom a family is descended.
Origin of stirps
Latin, stem, lineage.stirps
Noun
(plural stirpes)
stirps - Legal Definition
n
Latin
A branch of a family
or of the family tree. See also per
stirpes.
