intestacyn.
/ɪnˈtɛstəsi/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtɛstəsi/ Law.
The condition or fact of dying intestate or without having made a will.
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1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxxii. 491 Mention is made of intestacy, in the old law before the conquest, as being merely accidental.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 197 The construction was not induced by the motive of avoiding an intestacy.
1869 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 3) ii. vi. 178 The only occasion in which the eldest son is necessarily preferred to the younger children is in the case of intestacy.
1880 W. E. Gladstone Speech in Comm. 15 Mar. I am of opinion..that the present irregular scale of duty upon intestacy is excessive.
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