Definition of intestate Intestate
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What does intestate mean?
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| intestate - having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property" | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intestate (a.)
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. - intestate (a.)
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate. - intestate (n.)
A person who dies without making a valid will.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intestate
in-tes′tāt, adj. dying without having made a valid will: not disposed of by will.—n. a person who dies without making a valid will.—adj. Intes′table, legally unqualified to make a will.—n. Intes′tacy, the state of one dying without having made a valid will. [L. intestātus—in, not, testāri, -atus, to make a will.]
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🔤- intestate, noun, singular of intestates.
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