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.
- Scandinavian
- Scandinavian Peninsula
- scandium
- scandium oxide
- scannable
- scanner
- scanning electron microscope
- scanning force microscope
- scanning probe microscope
- scanning tunneling microscope
- scansion
- scansorial
- scant
- scantily
- scantiness
- scantling
- scantly
- scantness
- scanty
- Scapa Flow
- scape
- scape
- scape
- scapegoat
- scapegrace