Intestate

Without making a will, A person is said to dia intestate when he dies without making a will, or dies withouk leaving anything to testify what his wishes were with respect to the disposal of hig property after his death, The word is also often used to signify the person himself. Thus, in speaking of the property of a person who died intestate, it is common to say “the intestate’s property;” ¢. e., the property of the person dying in an intestate condition. Brown. Besides the strict meaning of the word as above given, there is also a sense in which intestacy may be partial; that is, where a moan jeaves a will which does not dispose of his whole estate, he is said to “die intestate” as to the property so omitted,