Nevada Revised Statues|NRS 132.290 - "Right of representation" defined.

                                                
"Right of representation" means the method of distributing property by which, through inheritance or succession, the descendants of a deceased heir take the same share or right in the estate of another person that their parent or other ancestor would have taken if living. A posthumous child is deemed living at the death of his or her parent.
 
 (Added to NRS by 1999, 2253)