Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

leaving issue

English answer:

having descendants

Added to glossary by Jack Doughty
Feb 9, 2010 13:48
14 yrs ago
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English term

leaving issue

English Law/Patents Real Estate wills
What does "to leave issue" mean
Change log

Feb 23, 2010 08:09: Jack Doughty Created KOG entry

Discussion

Yasutomo Kanazawa Feb 9, 2010:
Could you post the whole sentence?

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having descendants

I.e. children.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
0 min
Thank you.
agree Stephanie Ezrol
7 mins
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agree Paula Vaz-Carreiro : Absolutely!
10 mins
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agree Richard McDorman
50 mins
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agree Oliver Lawrence : a nice, archaic legal phrase :)
1 hr
Thank y ou. Yes, I think that "issue" in this sense is only used in wills.
agree Charlesp : yes, though disagree with Oliver that it is archaic.
2 hrs
Thank you. I wouldn't call it archaic either, not in the context of wills.
agree Suzan Hamer
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree Yasutomo Kanazawa : Learn everything new everyday.
15 hrs
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agree kmtext
20 hrs
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