intestate

English

Adjective

intestate (not comparable)

1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

Related terms

• intestacy

Translations

without a valid will

• German: ohne Testament

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

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References

• intestate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• intestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• enstatite
• satinette

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French

Adjective

intestate f

1. feminine form of intestat

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Italian

Verb

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. Feminine plural of intestato

Anagrams

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

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Latin

Adjective

intestāte

1. vocative masculine singular of intestātus