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intestates

intestates is the plural of intestate.

Meaning of intestate

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

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Questions about intestates

What is intestates the plural of?
Intestates is the plural of intestate.

Words near intestates in the dictionary

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

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