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LAWFUL ISSUE

\lˈɔːfə͡l ˈɪʃuː], \lˈɔːfə‍l ˈɪʃuː], \l_ˈɔː_f_əl ˈɪ_ʃ_uː]\

Definitions of LAWFUL ISSUE

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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Formerly, statutes governing wills used this phrase to specify children born to married parents, and to exclude those born out of wedlock. Now, the phrase means the same as issue and "lineal descendant."

2010 - Legal Glossary Database
By Oddity Software

the term that is given to people who are able to inherit due to kinship.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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