Intestate

a. [Lat. intestatus, from in, not, and testatus, p. p. of testari, to make a will; It. intestato, Sp. intestado, Fr. intestat. See supra.]

1Sense 1. Dying without having made a valid will; without a will.

2Sense 2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate. “Airy succeeders of intestate joys.” Shak.

n. A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone.