intestate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
without a valid will
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Noun[edit]
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[edit]
a person who dies without making a valid will
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References[edit]
- “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.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intestate
Noun[edit]
intestate f (plural intestates)
- female equivalent of intestat
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
intestate
- inflection of intestare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
intestate f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
intestāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
intestate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of intestar combined with te
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