Definition for IN-TEST'ATE

IN-TEST'ATE, a. [Fr. intestat; L. intestatus; in and testatus, testor, to make a will.]

  1. Dying without having made a will. When a man dies intestate, his estate is committed for settlement to administrators.
  2. Not devised; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate. Laws of Mass. and Conn.

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