in·tes·tate 
(ĭn-tĕstāt′, -tĭt) Law
(ĭn-tĕstāt′, -tĭt) Law adj.
1. Having made no legal will: an intestate parent.
2. Not disposed of by a legal will: intestate lands.
n.
One who dies without a legal will.
[Middle English, from Old French intestat, from Latin intestātus : in-, not; see IN-1 + testātus, testate, from past participle of testārī, to make a will; see TESTAMENT.]
in·testa·cy (-tə-sē) n.