The death proceeds of a contract or policy are divided equally among the living beneficiaries For example if three beneficiaries are named but one is no longer living, the remaining to will each receive 1/2 of the proceeds For contrast see per stirpes
A term used in the distribution of property which requires the distribution to be split among the number of individuals to share and share alike; opposite of per stirpes; for example, if a trust (or will) specifies that the trust estate is to be divided between Joe and Trudi, per capita and if Joe predeceases the grantor (or testator), then Trudi will receive the entire estate
Per person; generally used in expressions of water use, gallons per capita per day (gpcd) Point-of-Use Water Treatment: Refers to devices used in the home or office on a specific tap to provide additional drinking water treatment Point-of-Entry Water Treatment: Refers to devices used in the home where water pipes enter to provide additional treatment of drinking water used throughout the home
This means per person For example, per capita household debt tells how much debt each person would owe if the total of all household debt were divided equally among everyone
The per capita amount of something is the total amount of it in a country or area divided by the number of people in that country or area. They have the world's largest per capita income Per capita is also an adverb. Ethiopia has almost the lowest oil consumption per capita in the world. used to describe the average amount of something in a particular place, calculated according to the number of people who live there
- "Individually " When all heirs entitled to a portion of an intestate decedent's estate are related to the deceased in the same degree of relationship (same generation ascendants or descendants), each receives an identical portion, all sharing equally Also, a distribution of property based on giving equal shares to all those entitled to the intestate's estate