CONDITIO SI SINE LIBERIS DECESSERIT

conditio si sine liberis decesserit (k[schwa]n-dish-ee-oh sIsI-nee lib-[ schwa]r-is di-ses-[schwa]r-it). [Latin “the condition if he should have died childless”] Roman law. An express or implied clause in a will providing that if the heir or legatee dies childless, the property is to go to another person, such as the testator’s own descendants.