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stirpes

stirpes


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stirps  \Stirps\,  n.;  pl  {Stirpes}.  [L.,  stem,  stock.] 
  1.  (Law)  Stock;  race;  family.  --Blackstone. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  race,  or  a  fixed  and  permanent  variety.