Mortuus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Dead; a return by a sheriff that the party named in the process is dead. Mortuus exitus non est exitus: a dead issue is no issue; a child born dead is not considered as issue.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Dead. So in sheriil’s return, mortuue est, he is dead. Mortuus exitus non est exitus. A dead issue is noissue, Co. Litt. 29. Achild born dead is not considered as issue, MMos retinendus est fidelissims vetustatis. 4 Coke, 78. A custom of the truest antiquity is to be rebuined.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. Dead. Mortuum vadium: a mortgage. Mortuus ezitus non est ezdtus: a dead issue is uo issue.