Massachusetts General Laws ch. 184 sec. 6 – Interpretation of words importing want or failure of issue
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Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property by deed, will or other instrument in writing, executed after April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the words ”die without issue”, or ”die without leaving issue”, or ”have no issue”, or ”die without heirs of the body”, or other words importing either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall, unless a contrary intention clearly appears by the instrument creating such limitation, mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 184 sec. 6
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.