{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-6","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, § 6","heading":"Interpretation of words importing want or failure of issue","body":"Section 6. In a limitation of real or personal property by deed, will or other instrument in writing, executed after April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, the words ''die without issue'', or ''die without leaving issue'', or ''have no issue'', or ''die without heirs of the body'', or other words importing either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall, unless a contrary intention clearly appears by the instrument creating such limitation, mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 184"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter184/Section6","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:24Z","sha256":"db9535ce722eb6cd2b5335f6b90a47eba4086fa04ef0af6283a65b78bfe44a29","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-5","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-184-6a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}