Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intestate

Intestate , adjective

[Latin intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, past participle of testari to make a will: compare French intestat. See Testament.]

1.
Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. — Blackstone
Airy succeeders of intestate joys. — Shakespeare
2.
Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

Intestate , noun

(Law) A person who dies without making a valid will. — Blackstone