Death Without Issue
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Where a will devised a particular estate preceding a gift over, the expression "death without issue" means death before the death of the life tenant, unless the will shows an intention to refer to a later date than the termination of the life estate.
266 111. 16.