INTESTATE


Meaning of INTESTATE in English

adj. & n.

adj. (of a person) not having made a will before death.

n. a person who has died intestate. intestacy n.

[ ME f. L intestatus (as IN-(1), testari testat- make a will f. testis witness) ]

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