intestate
adjective[after verb]
lawspecializeduk/ɪnˈtes.teɪt/us/ɪnˈtes.teɪt/If someonediesintestate, they havediedwithoutleavinginstructionsabout who shouldreceivetheirproperty:
无遗嘱的Manypeopledieintestate because theythoughtthey were tooyoungto make a will.许多人去世时没有留下遗嘱,因为他们之前总认为自己还年轻,不需立遗嘱。
Opposite
testateformal
Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- assign
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- cadger
- execute
- executor
- heir
- heir apparent
- heiress
- inherit
- inheritance
- patrimony
- pond life
- pond scum
- primogeniture
- probate
- settle
- testate