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English Dictionary: Intestate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intestate adj having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property" Antonym(s): testate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intestate \Intes"tate\, a. [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See {Testament}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, n. (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will. --Blackstone.