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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1683
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Stipes, n. (Med. L. stipes heir (c1350 in Latham), L. stīpes a log, post, trunk of a tree). Heir, successor. —1683 Fountainhall Decis. I 241.
The eldest of the three [brothers] contends it is his right [sc. to succeed to his youngest brother's lands] … and that he is the stipes and representative