Definitions for: Intestate


[adj] (law) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


In*tes"tate, n. (Law)
A person who dies without making a valid will. --Blackstone.

Antonyms: testate

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