intestate

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

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.

• testate

• intestacy

intestate (plural intestates)

1. (law) A person who dies without making a valid will.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)

• intestate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• enstatite, satinette

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛs.tat/

intestate

1. feminine singular of intestat

intestate f (plural intestates)

1. female equivalent of intestat

intestate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intestare
2. second-person plural imperative of intestare
3. feminine plural of intestato

• astenetti
• attenesti
• stentiate

intestāte

1. vocative masculine singular of intestātus