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intestate

/ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/

intestate adjective: without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.

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.

Noun

intestate (plural intestates)

  1. A person who dies without making a valid will.
    • 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 descendants1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
    Antonyms:
    testator

intestate meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Thai

intestate in Tamil

விருப்புறுதி ஆவணம் எழுதாத, விருப்புறுதி இல்வழி, விருப்புறுதி செய்யாமல், உயில் எழுதாத

intestate in Bengali

উইল, অছিয়তনামা না করে মৃত

intestate in Thai

a person who dies without making a valid will
ผู้ตายไม่มีพินัยกรรม

Antonyms of intestate

Forms of intestate

pluralintestates

Origin of intestate

From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from intestate

Questions about intestate

What does intestate mean?
Intestate means without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
What is intestate in Tamil?
Intestate in Tamil is விருப்புறுதி ஆவணம் எழுதாத, விருப்புறுதி இல்வழி, விருப்புறுதி செய்யாமல். See Intestate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is intestate?
Intestate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce intestate?
Intestate is pronounced /ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/.

Words near intestate in the dictionary

  1. intestability
  2. intestable
  3. intestableness
  4. intestacies
  5. intestacy
  6. intestate
  7. intestates
  8. intestinal
  9. intestinal crypt
  10. intestinal crypts
  11. intestinal flora

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