Legal Definitions - si institutus sine liberis decesserit

Definition: If the instituted heir should die without issue.

Explanation: This term is used in legal contexts, particularly in Roman and Louisiana law, to refer to a situation where an heir who has been designated to inherit property or assets from a deceased person dies without any children or descendants. In such cases, the property or assets may be passed on to a substitute heir, as designated by the original testator.

Example: For instance, if a wealthy individual creates a will designating their nephew as the heir to their estate, but the nephew dies before the individual without any children, the substitute heir named in the will would inherit the estate instead.

Related terms:Substitution, amendment by substituting, common substitution, pupillary substitution, fideicommissary substitution, prohibited substitution.