Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intestate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, a. [L. intestatus; pref. in- not +
testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat.
See {Testament}.]
1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to
die intestate. --Blackstone.
Airy succeeders of intestate joys. --Shak.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an
intestate estate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, n. (Law)
A person who dies without making a valid will. --Blackstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intestate
adj : (law) having made no legally valid will before death or not
disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate";
"intestate property" [ant: {testate}]
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