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intestate, a. and n.|ɪnˈtɛstət|
[ad. L. intestāt-us, f. in- (in-3) + testātus, pa. pple. of testārī to bear witness, to make a will. Cf. F. intestat (13th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
A. adj.
1. Of a person: Not having made a will.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 134 Curatoures of holy kirke..dyeth intestate, and þanne þe bisshop entreth [etc.]. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. 24 b, Al bequestes and goodes of suche his frendes as dyed intestate. 1760Johnson Idler No. 98 ⁋7 He was the less mindful of his dissolution, and died intestate. 1872M. E. Braddon R. Ainsleigh I. xvii. 314 My benefactress died intestate, without care or thought for the orphan youth she had adopted.
fig.1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 128 (Qo. 1597) Windie atturnies to your Client woes, Aerie succeeders of intestate [1st Fol. intestine] ioies.
b. transf. (after L. intestāta senectūs, Juvenal i. 144).
1615G. Sandys Trav. 69 Hence sudden deaths, and age intestate spring. 1693Dryden Juvenal (1697) 17 Repletions, Apoplex, intestate Death.
2. Of things: Not disposed of by will; belonging to the estate of an intestate.
1538Starkey England i. iv. 127 The prerogatyfe gyuen to the same Byschope of Cantorbury, wherby he hath..the admynystratyon of intestate godys. 1774S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Civ. Law (1795) 48 The Roman Law concerning Intestate Succession. 1828Webster s.v., An intestate estate.
†3.
a. ‘That no man will take for a witness’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656).
b. ‘Not proved by witness’ (Phillips, 1678). Obs.
1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory Ep. Ded., Sure I am if you have infirmities, they are intestate, unlesse you place your owne Conscience for a witnesse.
B. n. One who dies without making a will.
1658tr. Coke's Rep. 38 b, The next and most faithful friends of the intestate. 1670Blount Law Dict. s.v., There are two kinds of Intestates; one that makes no Will at all; another that makes a Will and Executors, and they refuse. 1747Carte Hist. Eng. I. 483 We find in Glanvil's time, all the goods and chattels of intestates belonged to the king or immediate lord. 1865Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 18/1 Intestates of this class. |