# Inter vivos

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Legal term; transfer or gift made during one's lifetime

***Inter vivos*** ([Law Latin](/source/Law_Latin), *between the living*) is a legal term referring to a transfer or gift made during one's lifetime, as opposed to a [testamentary](/source/Testamentary) transfer that takes effect on the death of the giver.[1]

The term is often used to describe a [trust](/source/Trust_law) established during one's lifetime, i.e., an [*inter vivos* trust](/source/Living_trust) as opposed to a [testamentary trust](/source/Testamentary_trust) that is established on one's death, usually as part of a [will](/source/Will_(law)). An *inter vivos* trust, by definition, includes both revocable and irrevocable trusts.[2]

## Other meaning

The term *inter vivos* is also used to describe living [organ donation](/source/Organ_donation), in which one patient donates an organ to another while both are alive. Generally, the organs transplanted are either non-vital organs such as corneas or redundant vital organs such as one of the two kidneys or part of a liver.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Keister, Lisa A.; Benton, Richard A.; Moody, James W. (February 2019). ["Cohorts and wealth transfers: Generational changes in the receipt of inheritances, trusts, and inter vivos gifts in the United States"](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.rssm.2019.01.002). *Research in Social Stratification and Mobility*. **59**: 1–13. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.rssm.2019.01.002](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.rssm.2019.01.002).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** V, Natalia; Laan, er. ["Living trusts allow estates to avoid probate"](http://www.recordcourier.com/news/2021/apr/03/living-trusts-allow-estates-avoid-probate/). *www.recordcourier.com*. Retrieved 2021-04-09.

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