intestate
adj.
of a person who died without a will (Law)
n.
person who dies without making a will (Law)
Intestacy
Intestacy is the condition of the
estate of a person who dies owning property greater than the sum of his or her enforceable debts and funeral expenses without having made a valid
will or other binding declaration; alternatively where such a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of the
estate, the remaining
estate forms the "Intestate Estate". Intestacy law, also referred to as the law of descent and distribution or intestate succession statutes, refers to the body of
common law that determines who is entitled to the property from the estate under the rules of
inheritance.
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intestate
Adjective
1. having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property"
(antonym) testate
(classification) law, jurisprudence
intestare
v.
head; register; enter
intestato
adj.
headed; registered; entered
Intestate
(n.)
A person who dies without making a valid will.
(a.)
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.
(a.)
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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