Intestate Succession
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The succession or devolution of interest of the property of one dying intestate. In Louisiana, the term "succession" is applied to the estate as a whole.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Inheritance from one dying intestate.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A succession is called inteatate when the deceased has left no will, or when his will has been revoked, or annulled as irregular. Therefore the heirs to whom a succession has fallen by the effects of the law only are called “heirs ab inteatato.*' Civil Code La. art 1096.