intestate

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/ɪnˈtɛsteɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

A person who dies without making a valid will.

adjective

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

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Synonyms

will-less heirless unheired unlegacied urnless unendowed unlived incomeless writless inhabitantless unenfeoffed spouseless lifeless livingless tenantless stewardless

Antonyms

Associated

testate intestacy testator intra succession spouse executor beneficiaries probate heirs deceased inherit

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