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intestate
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, a. [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See Testament .] Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. --Blackstone. Airy succeeders of intestate joys. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Coparcenary existed if a person died intestate leaving two or more females as his heirs. ▪ He died intestate and administration of his estate was granted to his son John, 23 December 1651 in London. ▪ He has mentioned his ...
Usage examples of intestate.
He was presumed to have died intestate, and his fortune was divided, three-quarters of it going to his brother Auguste, the remaining quarter to his sister, Mme.
He is said to be the town clerk, a justice of the peace, mayor of the city of New Haven, an office held at the will of the legislature, chief judge of the court of common pleas for New Haven county, a court of high criminal and civil jurisdiction wherein most causes are decided without the right of appeal or review, and sole judge of the court of probates, wherein he singly decides all questions of wills, settlement of estates, testate and intestate, appoints guardians, settles their accounts, and in fact has under his jurisdiction and care all the property real and personal of persons dying.
Grantham died intestate and his whole fortune together with the family jewels, came to me and my son.
If they say it was intestate, if somebody did knock me off about now, I guess her claim would be honored, if she'd dirty her paws reaching for my money.
There will be no nonsense about probate courts and dying intestate and a minor.