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, 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.
A
child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue.[4]
^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)
^"Issue and children in wills". willshub.com.au. BHS Legal. 17 March 2022 [25 August 2020].
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