intestate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
    • he died intestate
    • intestate property

WordNet

In*tes"tate adjective
Etymology
L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See Testament.
Definitions
  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.
In*tes"tate noun
Definitions
  1. (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone.

Webster 1913