intestacy

English

Etymology

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Noun

intestacy (plural intestacies)

1. (law) the state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will

Antonyms

• testacy

Translations

the state of being intestate

• Bulgarian: липса на завещание (lipsa na zaveštanie)
• Irish: díthiomnacht f
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• Manx: neuhymnaght f

References

• “intestacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intestacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.