Intestate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Intestate is an adjective meaning Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
Meaning
Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
More Meanings
- Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.
- (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.
Example Sentences
the surplusages of intestates […]after the expiration of one full year from the death of the intestate is to be distributed : one - third to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children ; or if dead to their representatives : that is , their lineal descendants
Word Forms
- intestates
Antonyms for intestate
Common opposites include testate, testator.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include will-less, heirless, unheired, unlegacied, urnless, unlived.
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