Is'sue1, n.
(ĭsh'shū), n. [Fr. issue, O. Fr. also oissue, from O. Fr. issir, eissir, oissir, to go out, from Lat. exire, to go out, from prefix ex, out of, from, and ire, to go; Pr. issida, from issir, eissir; It. uscita, escita, from uscire, escire.
Sense 1. The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out of any inclosed place; egress;—applied to water or other fluid, to smoke, to a body of men, &c.; as, an issue of water from a pipe, from a spring, or from a river; an issue of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows; an issue of people from a door or house.
Sense 2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer or from a court; the issue of money from a treasury.
Sense 3. That which passes, flows, or is issued or sent out; as, (a.) The whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of government or bank notes. (b.) Ultimate result or end; event; consequence.
Come forth to view the issue of the exploit. Shak.
(c.) Progeny; a child or children; offspring. (Law.) All persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants. “Should the king without issue die.” Shak. (d.) 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. (e.) (pl.) (Mil.) Certain sums of money given out to officers in the public service at stated periods, and for the honest distribution of which they are responsible to Parliament. [Eng.]
Sense 4. Evacuation; discharge; a flux or running.
Sense 5. (Med.) An artificial ulcer designed to promote a secretion of pus. It is usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, by a slight incision, into which a little lint is often put till the wound suppurates; the lint being then removed, an issue pea is introduced, and by the irritation it creates promotes the secretion and discharge of pus.
Sense 6. (Law.) In pleading, the close or result of pleadings, by which a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, is presented for determination. See GENERAL ISSUE and FEIGNED ISSUE.
Blount. Cowell.
Sense 7. Any point made in debate or controversy; the presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide; as, to make an issue with a person.
At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent; inharmonious.
Face, voice,
As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. E. B. Browning.
— Issue pea (Med.), a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus.