INTESTATE


Meaning of INTESTATE in English

[ ɪn'tɛsteɪt ]

■ adjective not having made a will before one dies.

■ noun a person who has died ~.

Derivatives

intestacy -təsi noun

Origin

ME: from L. intestatus , from in- 'not' + testatus (see testate ).

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