Issue (genealogy)

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In

wills, a person's issue are all their lineal descendants
.

Lineal descendants

Issue typically means a person's

A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue.

A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Glenda K. Harnad, J. D. and Karl Oakes, J. D., Corpus Juris Secundum, Descent and Distribution § 35 (2015)
  2. ^ HEIR, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014).
  3. ^ For example, In re Auclair's Estate, 75 Cal. App. 2d 189, 170 P.2d 29 (1st Dist. 1945); Brawford v. Wolfe, 103 Mo. 391, 15 S.W. 426 (1891)
  4. ^ "Issue and children in wills". willshub.com.au. BHS Legal. 17 March 2022 [25 August 2020]. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.