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s.p.s.

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abbreviation

Law.

  1. without surviving issue.

Etymology

Origin of s.p.s.

From Latin sine prole superstite

Example Sentences

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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