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abintestate

abintestate adjective: inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will.

Adjective

abintestate (not comparable)

  1. inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will

Origin of abintestate

From ab- + intestate.

Questions about abintestate

What does abintestate mean?
Abintestate means inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will.
What part of speech is abintestate?
Abintestate is an adjective.

Words near abintestate in the dictionary

  1. Abinger Common
  2. Abinger Hammer
  3. Abington
  4. Abingtons
  5. Abinomn
  6. abintestate
  7. abio-
  8. abiocen
  9. abiocens
  10. abiochemical
  11. abiocoen

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