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is·sue ¹ /'i-ˌshü, -ˌsyü/ n

1 pl: proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate)

rents, issue s, and profits

2: one or more lineal descendants

died without issue compare child, heir

3 a: a vital question or problem

b: a matter of dispute between two or more parties; specif: a single material point of fact or law in litigation that is affirmed by one side and denied by the other and that is a subject of the final determination (as by jury) of the proceedings

genuine issue: an issue of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment

◇ The burden is on the party moving for summary judgment to show that no genuine issue is in dispute.

issue of fact: a dispute about a material fact that is raised by pleadings and that must be resolved by a decision under the law in order to become res judicata

issue of law: a question specifically regarding the application of law to a case

instructed the jury on various issues of law — United States v. Levine, 41 F.3d 607 (1994)

c: the point at which a legal matter is ready for determination (as by trial)

4 a: the offering or selling of a group of securities by a corporation or government

b: the securities offered or sold in such a group

at issue also in issue: under discussion or in dispute