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intestate

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From Latin intestātus, from in- (“not”) + testātus (“testate”).

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intestate (not comparable)

  1. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
  2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

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Noun

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intestate (plural intestates)

  1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.
    Antonym: testator
    • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
      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 descendants

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French

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intestate

  1. feminine singular of intestat

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intestate f (plural intestates)

  1. female equivalent of intestat

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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intestate

  1. inflection of intestare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

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intestate f pl

  1. feminine plural of intestato

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Latin

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Adjective

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intestāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of intestātus

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Verb

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intestate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of intestar combined with te
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