What does Intestate mean?
Definitions for Intestate
ɪnˈtɛs teɪt, -tɪtin·tes·tate
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Princeton's WordNet
intestateadjective
having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
"he died intestate"; "intestate property"
Wiktionary
intestateadjective
Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
intestateadjective
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Intestateadjective
Wanting a will; dying without will.
Etymology: intestat, Fr. intestatus, Latin.
Why should calamity be full of words?
—— Windy attorneys to their client woes,
Airy succeeders of intestate joys,
Poor breathing orators of miseries. William Shakespeare, Richard III.Present punishment pursues his maw,
When surfeited and swell'd, the peacock raw,
He bears into the bath; whence want of breath,
Repletions, apoplex, intestate death. John Dryden, Juvenal.
ChatGPT
intestate
Intestate refers to the condition when a person dies without having a valid will or testament in place. In such cases, the distribution of the deceased's estate is then determined by inheritance laws of the jurisdiction where the person resided. It can also refer to any property that is not included in a will.
Webster Dictionary
Intestateadjective
without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate
Intestateadjective
not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate
Intestatenoun
a person who dies without making a valid will
Etymology: [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See Testament.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Intestate
in-tes′tāt, adj. dying without having made a valid will: not disposed of by will.—n. a person who dies without making a valid will.—adj. Intes′table, legally unqualified to make a will.—n. Intes′tacy, the state of one dying without having made a valid will. [L. intestātus—in, not, testāri, -atus, to make a will.]
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enstatite
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Intestate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Intestate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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