ISSUE

In Law, in the most ordinary senses of the word, 1. The points in dispute in a suit at law between 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 A r principal part o! the aliegatioiisof the plain till' in his declarati >:i might be denied: this was termed the general i the adoption of the new rules of pleading (1834), there is now, properly speaking, no general i ue; except in certain Bases, when the privilege 01 giving ■pedal 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 Bkin, and placing a pea upon it, which is pre ed npon the part bv a bandage. [s. 633]