Latin: Dead. So In sheriffs return, mortuus est, he is dead. Mortuus sine prole. Dead without issue. In genealogical tables often abbreviated to “m. : p.” Mortuus ezitus non est earftus. A dead issue is no issue. Co. Litt 29. A child born dead is not considered as issue. Mos retinendus est fidelissimse vetus tatis. 4 Coke, 78. A custom of the truest antiquity is to be retained.