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Meanings of intestate in English

Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will.

Usage of intestate in English
1
She died intestate with no heirs, and the town acquired the building.
White fire
2
The man who waits to make an entirely reasonable will dies intestate.
On the Prospects of Christianity / Bernard Shaw's Preface to And...
3
An old man who owned a considerable quantity of land, died intestate.
Argentina from a British Point of View, and Notes on Argentine L...
4
John Haygarth, intestate, I was less fettered by the necessity of secrecy.
Birds of Prey
5
If M. Pons dies intestate, you shall have a hundred thousand francs.
Poor Relations
6
I inherited from a distant relation, who died intestate, a large fortune.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
7
His family suggested in court papers on Monday that he had died intestate.
Reuters
8
A general grant is made where the deceased has died intestate.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
9
Wildeve had died intestate, and she and the child were his only relatives.
The Return of the Native
10
It only comes to me if she dies childless and intestate.
Overland: A Novel
11
If he died intestate, I shall petition for letters of administration.
The Pride of Palomar
12
Will Charlotte be told that she is the reverend intestate's next of kin?
Birds of Prey
13
Unless new facts soon must make loss public or issue statement Lewis Langley intestate.
The Silent Bullet
14
John Haygarth, who died intestate, at Tilford Haven, in Kent, about a year ago?
Birds of Prey
15
The grandfather of this gentleman was the next brother to the incumbent, who died intestate.
Recollections of Europe
16
Conversely, children were admitted to succeed their mother on her death intestate by the SC.
The Institutes of Justinian
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