Associations to the word «Intestate»

Wiktionary

INTESTATE, adjective. Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
INTESTATE, adjective. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.
INTESTATE, noun. (legal) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Dictionary definition

INTESTATE, adjective. Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley