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Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death. / Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

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intestate

Source Word

intestate

IPA(Pronunciation)

not-comparable

Japanese Meaning

有効な遺言が存在せず、死後に遺産の処分先が定められていない状態 / 遺言によって遺産が処分されなかった状態

When her father died intestate, the family spent months sorting out the inheritance.

父が遺言を残さずに亡くなったため、家族は遺産の整理に何か月も費やしました。

Sense（1）

Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.

Sense（2）

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.