intestate
Died without will
Intestate describes dying without a valid will: He died intestate, so the court divided his estate among his children.
The term appears in legal contexts concerning how property passes when someone hasn't specified heirs.
An intestate is a person who dies this way.
Intestacy is the noun for this condition.
Estateless death condition
- successionFollowing in order
- statuteEnacted written rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
distribution · court · adjudicate · litigation · attorney · solicitor · judiciary · affidavit
Appointed estate manager
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- surrogate courtTribunal for inheritance matters
- bondBinding tie or connection
accounting · inventory · appraisal · decedent · escheat · filing · hearing · claims
Nearest living family members
- heirs-at-lawStatutory inheritance recipients
- surviving spousePartner after death
- descendantsThose who come after
- childrenYoung human beings
issue · parents · siblings · relatives · kin · bloodline · lineal · collateral
Bearing no signature
- unexecutedNot carried out
- holographicMade of light interference patterns
- witnessedSaw firsthand
- codicilWill modification document
Owned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real propertyLand plus permanent attachments
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
- chattelsMovable personal property
holdings · bank accounts · investments · debts · liabilities · valuation · title · transfer
intestacy
Estateless death condition
- successionFollowing in order
- statuteEnacted written rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
administration · distribution · court · adjudicate · litigation · attorney · solicitor · judiciary · affidavit · ruling
executor
Appointed estate manager
- administratorPerson who manages operations
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- surrogate courtTribunal for inheritance matters
bond · accounting · inventory · appraisal · decedent · escheat · filing · hearing · claims · settlement
next of kin
Nearest living family members
- heirs-at-lawStatutory inheritance recipients
- surviving spousePartner after death
- descendantsThose who come after
children · issue · parents · siblings · relatives · kin · bloodline · lineal · collateral · per stirpes
unsigned
Bearing no signature
- unexecutedNot carried out
- holographicMade of light interference patterns
- witnessedSaw firsthand
codicil · revoked · capacity · default · unintended consequences
assets
Owned items of value
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- real propertyLand plus permanent attachments
- personal propertyMovable owned assets
chattels · holdings · bank accounts · investments · debts · liabilities · valuation · title · transfer · encumbrances
- death lawdeath certificate, death certificates, death tax, death penalty, death benefits
- estate planningexecutor, trust, beneficiary, will, probate
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- Roman LawRoman law, Corpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Digest
- probateexecutor, probate court, probate, beneficiary, executors
- Roman inheritanceheirs, legatee, bequest, bequests, legacies
intestatetestate
Having left a will
with a will · willed · bequeathed · devised · testamentary
protest, contest, detest, attest, testament, testator, testamentary