- failure of issue
- See definite failure of issue; indefinite failure of issue.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
failure of issue
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failure of issue — failure of issue: lack of living issue (as of a person named to take under a will) at death definite failure of issue: a failure of issue determined at a specific time set in a will (as at the death of a named taker) indefinite failure of issue:… … Law dictionary
failure of issue — Dying without children. The failure at a fixed time, or the total extinction, of issue to take an estate limited over by an executory devise. A definite failure of issue is when a precise time is fixed by the will for the failure of issue, as in… … Black's law dictionary
failure of issue — Dying without children. The failure at a fixed time, or the total extinction, of issue to take an estate limited over by an executory devise. A definite failure of issue is when a precise time is fixed by the will for the failure of issue, as in… … Black's law dictionary
failure of issue — a lack of living descendants (as of a designated person) resulting from death or from complete lack of issue see definite failure of issue, indefinite failure of issue … Useful english dictionary
Failure of issue — In property law, a failure of issue is a situation in which a property holder dies without leaving children who could have inherited their property … Wikipedia
indefinite failure of issue — see failure of issue Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. indefinite failure of issue … Law dictionary
definite failure of issue — see failure of issue Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
indefinite failure of issue — A failure of issue not merely at the death of the party whose issue is referred to, but at any subsequent period, however remote. A failure of issue whenever it shall happen, sooner or later, without any fixed, certain, or definite period within… … Black's law dictionary
indefinite failure of issue — A failure of issue not merely at the death of the party whose issue is referred to, but at any subsequent period, however remote. A failure of issue whenever it shall happen, sooner or later, without any fixed, certain, or definite period within… … Black's law dictionary
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
