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Intestate adj.

Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. "Airy succeeders of intestate joys."

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

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Etymology of 'Intestate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intestate" Quotes from Famous Books

... inventor, before he had obtained a patent for his invention, "the right of applying for and obtaining such patent shall devolve on the administrator or executor of such person, in trust for the heirs of law of the deceased, if he shall have died intestate; but if otherwise, then in trust for his devisees, in as full and ample manner, and under the same conditions, limitations, and restrictions, as the same was held, or might have been claimed or enjoyed, by such person in his or her ...

— Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 • Various

... fortune my father became suddenly affluent. A brother of his father's had emigrated to Australia in 1851, and had amassed great wealth. We knew of his existence, but there had been no intercourse between him and my father, and we did not even know that he was rich and unmarried. He died intestate towards the end of 1885, and my father was the only relative he had, except, of course, myself, for both my father's sisters had died young, and without ...

— Erewhon Revisited • Samuel Butler

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