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Mortuus sine prole

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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.