intestate
English
Etymology
From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
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.
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Related terms
Translations
without a valid will
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Noun
intestate (plural intestates)
- (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.
- Antonym: testator
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- 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
Translations
References
- “intestate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛs.tat/
Italian
Verb
intestate
- inflection of intestare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
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