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dying without issue — Dying without a child either before or after the decedent s death. At common law this phrase imports an indefinite failure of issue, and not a dying without issue surviving at the time of the death of the first taker. But this rule has been… … Black's law dictionary
dying without issue — Dying without a child either before or after the decedent s death. At common law this phrase imports an indefinite failure of issue, and not a dying without issue surviving at the time of the death of the first taker. But this rule has been… … Black's law dictionary
dying without issue — Dying without a child born either before or after the decedent s death. A term often appearing in devises of real estate, sometimes construed as meaning a definite failure of issue, that is no issue living at the time of the first taker s death,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
die without issue — A phrase common in testamentary gifts, appearing in the form of to A, but if he dies without issue, then to B, and presenting the ques tion of construction as between a definite and an indefinite failure of issue, the interpretation whereby the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
death — n: a permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions: the end of life see also brain death, civil death ◇ Death is usu. defined by statute and for purposes of criminal homicide has been held to include brain death. Merriam Webster’s Dictionary… … Law dictionary
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death — /deth/, n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Cf. brain death. 2. an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 3. the state of being … Universalium
Death (DC Comics) — Death Death, as illustrated by Chris Bachalo. in Death: The Time of Your Life #1. Publication information Publisher DC Comics … Wikipedia
Death (South Park) — Death South Park episode … Wikipedia
indefinite failure of issue — A failure of issue whenever it shall happen, sooner or later, without any definite period within which it must happen. Downing v Wherrin, 19 NH 9. A period when the issue or descendants of the first taker become extinct and when there is no… … Ballentine's law dictionary
