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sine prole

[ sahy-nee proh-lee, sin-ey ]

adverb

Law.
  1. without offspring or progeny:

    to die sine prole.



sine prole

/ ˈsaɪnɪ ˈprəʊlɪ /

adjective

  1. law without issue (esp in the phrase demisit sine prole (died without issue))
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of sine prole1

From Latin
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Example Sentences

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Spelling. s.p., sine prole=Without issue.

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Senatus Populusque Romanus=The Senate and People of Rome. s.p.s., sine prole superstite=Without surviving issue. spt.

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Distinguished Service Order; District Staff Officer. d.s.p., decessit sine prole=Died without issue.

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Or have we wrongly understood the letters s. p. to signify sine prole?

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By his first wife he had issue, Gilbert Hoo, his heir, Jonathan, Susan, Elizabeth: all died sine prole.

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