Issue \Is"sue\ ([i^]sh"[-u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F.
         issue,
   fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex
         out of, from +
   ire to go, akin to Gr. 'ie`nai, Skr. i,
         Goth. iddja went,
   used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf.
         Ambition, Count a
  
         nobleman, Commence,
         Errant, Exit, Eyre,
         Initial,

           Yede went.]
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   1. The act of passing
         or flowing out; a moving out from any
      inclosed place;
         egress; as, the issue of water from a
      pipe, of blood
         from a wound, of air from a bellows, of
      people from a
         house.
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   2. The act of sending
         out, or causing to go forth; delivery;
      issuance; as,
         the issue of an order from a commanding
      officer; the
         issue of money from a treasury.
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         3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole
    
          quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue
 
             of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
     
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   4. Progeny; a child or children;
         offspring. In law,
      sometimes, in a general sense, all
         persons descended from
      a common ancestor; all lineal
         descendants.
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            If the king
            Should without issue die.             --Shak.
     
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   5. Produce of the earth, or profits of
         land, tenements, or
      other property; as, A conveyed to
         B all his right for a
      term of years, with all the
         issues, rents, and profits.
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   6. A
         discharge of flux, as of blood. --Matt. ix. 20.
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   7. (Med.) An artificial ulcer, usually made
         in the fleshy
      part of the arm or leg, to produce the
         secretion and
      discharge of pus for the relief of some
         affected part.
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   8. The final
         outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event;
      hence,
         contest; test; trial.
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            Come forth to view
            The issue of the exploit.             --Shak.
     
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            While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue. --Shak.
    
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   9. A point in debate or controversy on
         which the parties take
      affirmative and negative
         positions; a presentation of
      alternatives between
         which to choose or decide; a point of
      contention; a
         matter in controversy.
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   10.
         (Law) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact
 
              depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the
         one
       side and denied on the other, is presented for

               determination. See General issue, under General,
         and
       Feigned
         issue, under Feigned. --Blount.
         Cowell.
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   At issue, in
         controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting;
      hence,
         at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
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            As much at issue with the summer day
            As if you brought a candle out of doors. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
     
         

   Bank of
         issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under
         Bank,
      Collateral,
         etc.

   Issue pea,
         a pea,
         or a similar round body, used to maintain
      irritation
         in a wound, and promote the secretion and
      discharge
         of pus.

   To join
         issue, or To take
         issue, to take
         opposing sides
      in a matter in controversy.
     
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