Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Intestate
n. One who has died without a valid Will. Cf. TESTATOR.
intestate
adj. 1. Of or relating to a person who has died without a valid will < having revoked her will without making a new one, she was intestate when she died>. 2. Of or relating to the property owned by a person who died without a valid will <an intestate estate>. 3. Of or relating to intestacy <a spouse's intestate share>. Cf. TESTATE. 4. Archaic. (Of a person) not qualified to testify <the witness could not testify after being found intestate>.
intestate law.
The relevant statute governing succession to estates of those who die without a valid will.
intestate succession
See INTESTATE SUCCESSION.
intestate succession.
The method used to distribute property owned by a person who dies without a valid will. - Also termed hereditary succession. Cf TESTATE SUCCESSION.