Section 4-410 - "Die without issue", and similar phrases. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-410. "Die without issue", and similar phrases.
 

Unless a contrary intent is expressly indicated in the will, in a legacy the words "die without issue", or "die without leaving issue", or other words which may imply either a lack or a failure of issue of a person in his lifetime, or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, mean a lack or a failure of issue in the lifetime, or at the time of the death of the person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 4-410; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1987, ch. 11, § 1.]