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INTESTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intestate mean?
• INTESTATE (adjective)
The adjective INTESTATE has 1 sense:
1. having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
Familiarity information: INTESTATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will
Context example:
intestate property
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Antonym:
testate (having made a legally valid will before death)
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