- dying intestate
- Dying without leaving a valid will. Also death without making an effective testamentary disposition. Bradford v Leake, 124 Tenn 312, 137 SW 96.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
dying intestate
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intestate — The characterization of a person, or of the estate or property of a person, who dies in the status or condition of intestacy, that is, without leaving a valid and operative will. Re Noble, 194 Iowa 733, 190 NW 511, 26 ALR 86. One who dies without … Ballentine's law dictionary
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