Mortuus
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat Dead. So in sheriff's return, mortuus est, he is dead.
— Mortuus sine prole. Dead without issue. In genealogical tables often abbreviated to "m.p." Mortuus exitus non est exitns. A dead issue is no issue. Co. Litt 29. A child born dead is not considered as issue. Mos retinendus est fidelissimae vetustatis. 4 Coke, 78. A custom of the truest antiquity is to be retained.