failure of issue

The fact of a person’s dying when the person has no surviving children or other descendants who are eligible to inherit the person’s estate.

— Also termed dying without issue; definite failure of issue; default of issue. See ISSUE(3). [Cases: Descent and Distribution 14–16. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 14–15, 20–21.]


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