intestacy

English

Etymology

Noun

intestacy (plural intestacies)

(law) the state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will

Antonyms

testacy

Translations

the state of being intestate

Irish: díthiomnacht f

Manx: neuhymnaght f

References

intestacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
intestacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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