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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intestate \In*tes"tate\, a. [L. intestatus pref. in- not + testatus p. p. of testari to make a will: cf F. intestat. See {Testament}.] 1. Without having made a valid will without a will as to die intestate. --Blackstone. Airy succeeders of intestate joys. --Shak. 2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will as an intestate estate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intestate \In*tes"tate\, n. (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intestate adj : (law) having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will "he died intestate"; "intestate property" [ant: {testate}]
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