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Issue   /ˈɪʃu/   Listen
noun
Issue  n.  
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.
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.
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.
4.
Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. "If the king Should without issue die."
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.
6.
A discharge of flux, as of blood.
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.
8.
The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial. "Come forth to view The issue of the exploit." "While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue."
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.
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.
At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent. "As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors."
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.



verb
Issue  v. t.  
1.
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
2.
To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
3.
To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.



Issue  v. i.  (past & past part. issued; pres. part. issuing)  
1.
To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place. "From it issued forced drops of blood."
2.
To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
3.
To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
4.
To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring. "Of thy sons that shall issue from thee."
5.
To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
6.
To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
7.
To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
8.
(Law) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.






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"Issue" Quotes from Famous Books



... have produced one mediocre military genius in this her moment of need. The capital was indeed surrounded, cut off from all the world; but the surrounding line was so thin that good generalship from within could have pierced it, and there was an eager army of brave men waiting to join issue from ...
— The Isle of Unrest • Henry Seton Merriman

... some potent sovereign." The Princes one and all appeared outwardly well pleased and offered each and every warm congratulations whilst the wedding was celebrating; but inwardly they were filled with envy and sore annoy at such unwelcome issue of events, so much so that when Khudadad retired with the Princess of Daryabar to his tent and slept, those ingrates, forgetful of the service rendered to them by their brother in that he had rescued them when prisoners in ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

... Scotland, King Malcolm had been carrying fire and sword through Northumberland in one of the many raids over the Border which were the commonplace of the time—if indeed we may speak of the Border at such an unsettled and shifting period when the limits of the kingdoms were so little certain. The issue of this raid was that Scotland, probably meaning for the most part Lothian, the southern portion of the country, was filled with English captives, apportioned as slaves, or servants at least, through the entire population, so that scarcely ...
— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant

... better, and how could she help it, with everything heart could wish, perfect peace and quiet, and six devoted hearts and pairs of hands, ready to obey her slightest command. She did not issue many, for one of the changes that had come to her, was asking for little, complaining of nothing, even her own suffering, but lying still, patient, contented, unselfish and quiet. She seemed grateful and pleased at the least little act of kindness, a thing she would have accepted before as a matter-of-course, ...
— Six Girls - A Home Story • Fannie Belle Irving

... their boyhood to ride with extraordinary dexterity through the most embarrassed woods) to charge at full speed upon (the open line of) the British, which had effected before the latter had time to discharge their third fire. This cavalry charge of the enemy on the British line decided the issue of the day. The line gave way at the charge; the troops, worn down with fatigue and hunger, dispirited by the unpromising appearance of the campaign, became totally routed, and for the most part surrendered themselves ...
— The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 - From 1620-1816 • Edgerton Ryerson


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