Issue (genealogy)

In genealogy and wills, issue refers to a person's lineal descendants.

Lineal descendants

"Issue" typically means a person's lineal descendants—all genetic descendants of a person, regardless of degree.^[1] Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, ancestors, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles).^[2] This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts.^[3] A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue.

References

^ Glenda K. Harnad, J.D. and Karl Oakes, J.D., Corpus Juris Secundum, Descent and Distribution § 35 (2015)
^ HEIR, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014).
^ 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)

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[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)

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