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Mortuus sine prole

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

Defined under Mortuus in Black's Law Dictionary.