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Words importing failure of issue

Polish translation: słowa oznaczające brak potomstwa

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English term or phrase:Words importing failure of issue
Polish translation:słowa oznaczające brak potomstwa
Entered by: Roberto27

22:27 Mar 24, 2020
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Law/Patents - Law (general) / last wills
English term or phrase: Words importing failure of issue
fragment z ustawy common law "Wills Act":
Words importing failure of issue
28(1) Subject to subsection (2), in a devise or bequest of real or personal property
the words
“die without issue”,
“die without leaving issue”, or
“have no issue”, or
other words importing either a want or failure of issue of a person in the person’s lifetime or at the time of the person’s death or an indefinite failure of the person’s issue,
mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of that person, and do not mean an indefinite failure of that person’s issue unless a contrary intention appears by the will.
Roberto27
Poland
Local time: 16:27
słowa oznaczające brak potomstwa
Explanation:



import = significance

3. Meaning; signification: The import of his statement is ambiguous

4. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/import

issue = progeny = potomstwo
3. To be born or be descended: generations issuing from an ancestor.
7. the descendants of a person; offspring; progeny

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/issue
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Local time: 10:27
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words importing failure of issue
słowa oznaczające brak potomstwa


Explanation:



import = significance

3. Meaning; signification: The import of his statement is ambiguous

4. Importance; significance: a legal decision of far-reaching import. See Synonyms at importance.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/import

issue = progeny = potomstwo
3. To be born or be descended: generations issuing from an ancestor.
7. the descendants of a person; offspring; progeny

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/issue

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 10:27
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agree  mike23: 'failure of issue' refers to the situation when a person dies without children to whom to distribute the estate property; to import - signify, mean
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Dziękuję Michale. Dokładnie tak to rozumowałem.
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