intestate
pronunciation
How to pronounce intestate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtesteɪt]
How to pronounce intestate in American English:
US [ɪnˈtɛsˌtet, -tɪt]
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- Adjective:
- having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
Word Origin
- intestate
- intestate: see testament
- intestate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French intestat (13c.) and directly from Latin intestatus "having made no will," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + testatus, past participle of testari "make a will, bear witness" (see testament). As a noun, "one who has not made out a will," from 1650s.
Example
- 1. He died intestate ; intestate property .
- 2. Intestate succession legislative proposal grounds and analysis .
- 3. It is a common misconception that if you die intestate in other words without making any will then your closest relatives will decide how assets are split .
- 4. This ordinance shall have effect as regards any person dying intestate after the commencement of this ordinance .
- 5. When susan 's cousin died intestate in 2009 , his 20-odd heirs were scattered in two countries and his property was spread across three .