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intestate - 6 dictionary results

in⋅tes⋅tate

[in-tes-teyt, -tit]
–adjective
1. (of a person) not having made a will: to die intestate.
2. (of things) not disposed of by will: Her property remains intestate.
–noun
3. a person who dies intestate.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L intestātus, equiv. to in- in- 3 + testātus testate
in·tes·tate     (ĭn-těs'tāt', -tĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Having made no legal will: an intestate parent.
  2. Not disposed of by a legal will: intestate lands.

n.   One who dies without a legal will.


[Middle English, from Old French intestat, from Latin intestātus : in-, not; see in-1 + testātus, testate, from past participle of testārī, to make a will; see testament.]

in·tes'ta·cy (-tə-sē) n.

intestate 
1377, from L. intestatus "having made no will," from in- "not" + testatus, pp. of testari "make a will, bear witness" (see testament).

intestate

adjective
having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property" [ant: testate

Intestate

In*tes"ta*cy\, n. [From Intestate.] The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. --Blackstone.

Intestate

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.

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