Mississippi § 89-1-13 - Limitation on failure of issue.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-1-13 — Limitation on failure of issue., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-1-13. Limitation on failure of issue.
Every contingent limitation in any conveyance or will made to depend upon the dying of any person without heirs or heirs of the body, or without issue or issue of the body, or without children, or offspring, or descendant, or other relative, shall be held and interpreted as a limitation, to take effect when such person shall die not having such heir, or issue, or child, or offspring, or descendant, or other relative, as the case may be, living at the time of his death, or born to him within ten (10) months thereafter, unless the intention of such limitation be otherwise expressly and plainly declared on the face of the instrument creating it.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-1-13 ("Limitation on failure of issue.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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