ISSUE

In Law, in the most ordinary senses of the word,— 1. The points in dispute in a suit at law between 615 IVORY. two parties, ascertained by the pleadings, are termed the i ues; and are either i ues in law, to be determined by the court, or in fact, to be ascertained by a jury. In each form of action (see Action, Pleading) there was formerly a formal trasvers'e, by which the whole or principal part of the allegations of the plaintiff in his declaration might be denied: this was termed the general i ue. Since the adoption of the new rules of pleading (1834), there is now properly speaking no general i ue; except in certain cases, where the privilege of giving special matter in evidence under it is given by statute. A feigned i ue is a technical mode of trying some questions, supposing an imaginary wager. In the Scottish practice of trial by jury it is usual to put printed copies of the i ues into the hands of the jurors 2. The legitimate offspring of a man. I ue, in Surgery, is an artificial ulcer. It is commonly made by wounding or cutting the skin, and placing a pea upon it, which is pre ed upon the part by a bandage. [s. 628]