intestate

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈtesteɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈtesteɪt/
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If someone dies intestate, they die without having made a legal document that says who gets their money and property when they die.

When he died intestate, his family had to figure out who would get his belongings.

translation

adj. If someone dies intestate, they die without having made a legal document that says who gets their money and property when they die.