issue
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 84 U.S. 639 - Daniel v. Whartenby · 1873Most cited · 47 citing opinions
word of purchase or limitation
The word issue is not ex vi termini within the rule in Shelley's case. It depends upon the context whether it will give an estate tail to the ancestor. Issue is either a word of purchase or limitation, as will best effectuate the devisor's intention.
How often courts cite the cases defining “issue”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “issue” — 63 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1831–1873
- ORIGINAL
An issue is a single, certain and material point, arising out of the allegations or pleadings of the parties, and generally should be made up by an affirmative and negative; the breach assigned in this declaration is special; the non-payment of a certain sum of money, for particular and specified services, alleged to have been rendered.
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