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Definition of Issueless
1. a. Having no issue or progeny; childless.
Definition of Issueless
1. Adjective. Without issue (children). ¹
2. Adjective. Without an issue (point in debate or controversy). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Issueless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Issueless
Literary usage of Issueless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs (1909)
"Heirs : William, who died issueless : George and David. (XXI) John (2), Master
of Caithness, was the oldest son of George and Elizabeth Sinclair, ..."
2. A Selection of Leading Cases on the Hindu Law of Inheritance: With Notes by John Bruce Norton, William Mason Scharlieb, Mootoosawmy Iyer (1870)
"But as for what Menu says: Let the father take first the property of an issueless
son or let the brothers," and as for what ..."
3. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke, Bernard Burke (1844)
"... who died issueless, 3rd December, 1757, when the BARONETCY reverted to his
cousin, (refer to Lewie, second aon of the first baronet,) v. ..."