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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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Collateral \Col*lat"er*al\ (k[o^]l*l[a^]t"[~e]r*al), a. [LL.
collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See {Lateral}.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as,
collateral pressure. "Collateral light." --Shak.
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2. Acting in an indirect way.
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If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction. --Shak.
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3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or
matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief
or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
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That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on
the main question, and on all the collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
--Macaulay.
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4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something
else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
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Yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely tale.
--Wordsworth.
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5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor,
but not in the same line or branch or one from the other;
-- opposed to {lineal}.
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Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct
line; collateral relations spring from a common
ancestor, but from different branches of that common
stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are
collateral relations, having different fathers, but a
common grandfather. --Blackstone.
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{Collateral assurance}, that which is made, over and above
the deed itself.
{Collateral circulation} (Med. & Physiol.), circulation
established through indirect or subordinate branches when
the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.
{Collateral issue}. (Law)
(a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of
the case.
(b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any
matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon,
diversity of person, etc.
(c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the
issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer
of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be
contradicted by the party asking the question.
{Collateral security}, security for the performance of
covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal
security.
{collateral damage}, (Mil.) damage caused by a military
operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not
themselves the intended target of the attack.
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