Definitions for intestate

intestate in·tes·tate

Spelling: [in-tes-teyt, -tit]
IPA: /ɪnˈtɛs teɪt, -tɪt/

Intestate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in intestate (aeeinsttt).

Definitions for intestate

noun

  1. a person who dies intestate.

adjective

  1. (of a person) not having made a will:
  2. (of things) not disposed of by will:

Origin of intestate

1350-1400; Middle English Latin intestātus, equivalent to in- in-3 + testātus testate

Examples for intestate

Administration of his goods was granted to her as the widow of an intestate in May, 1695.

Degree is calculated from the intestate, through the common ancestor if any, to the kindred.

You know, Sir Alexander, lawyers have a special prayer, asking for the management of intestate estates.

Adapts the provisions of the Act as to intestate depositors to the law of Scotland.

If she dies in his lifetime, she can have no other intestate successor.

Richard Malden's death, and his own relationship to the intestate had been legally proved and established.

The lineal descendants most nearly related to the intestate, however distant the relation may be, takes the estate.

One-half of the community property goes to the wife whether the husband dies testate or intestate.

If any children of the intestate are dead, how does it descend?

It followed, then, that the property reverted to the heirs-at-law as of an intestate.

Word Value for intestate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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