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intestate

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, intestate means without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death. As a noun, it means a person who dies without making a valid will.

Meanings of intestate

4 meanings

adjective

  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.

  3. Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will

    “he died intestate”

    “intestate property”

noun

  1. legalA person who dies without making a valid will.

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