What does intestable mean?
Intestable means (law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent..
Intestable
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Meaning
(law) Not legally permitted to make a will, as by reason of being under the age of majority or mentally incompetent..
Example Sentences
1838, S. Toller and F. Whitmarsh, The Law of Executors and Administrators, 7th ed., Saunders & Benning (London), ch. 1: Of Wills and Codicils, p. 11, Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable, in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.
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1838, S. Toller and F. Whitmarsh, The Law of Executors and Administrators, 7th ed., Saunders & Benning (London), ch. 1: Of Wills and Codicils, p. 11, Outlaws also, though merely in civil cases, are intestable, in respect to their personal property, while their outlawry subsists.
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