Per capita

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Per capita is a Latin phrase meaning for each head. Per meaning 'through' and capita meaning 'heads' Which comes to the common use of for each head.

It is usually used in the field of statistics to indicate the average per person for any given concern, e.g. income, crime rate.

It is also used in wills to indicate that each of the named beneficiaries should receive, by devise or bequest, equal shares of the estate. This is in contrast to a per stirpes division, in which each branch of the inheriting family inherits an equal share of the estate.

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