Definition of DEFINITE in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFINITE
Fixed, determined, defined, bounded. Board of Sup'rs of Yavapai County v. Stephens, 20 Ariz. 115, 177 P. 261, 262; Kintner v. Atlantic Communication Co., C.C.A.N.Y., 240 F. 716, 721.
A definite failure of issue occurs when a precise time is fixed by a will for a failure of issue. An indefinite failure of issue Is the period when the issue of the first taker shall become extinct and when there shall no longer be any issue of the grantee, but without reference to a particular time or event; Huxford v. Milligan, 50 Ind. 546; McWilliams v. Havely, 214 Ky. 320, 283 S.W. 103, 105.
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