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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, noun (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will. --Blackstone.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intestate \In*tes"tate\, adjective [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See {Testament}.]
1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. --Blackstone.
Airy succeeders of intestate joys. --Shak.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intestate
adjective: having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property" [ant: {testate}]
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