INTESTATE

intestate

(adjective) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; “he died intestate”; “intestate property”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

intestate (not comparable)

Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

• testate

intestate (plural intestates)

(legal) A person who dies without making a valid will.

• enstatite, satinette

Source: Wiktionary

In*tes"tate, a. Etym: [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)

Definition: A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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