intestacy

intestacy

English

Etymology

intestate +‎ -acy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛstəsi/

Noun

intestacy (countable and uncountable, plural intestacies)

1. (law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.

Antonyms

• testacy

Translations

the state of being intestate

Bulgarian: липса на завещание (lipsa na zaveštanie) Chinese: Mandarin: 未留遺囑而死亡／未留遗嘱而死亡 (wèi liú yízhǔ ér sǐwáng) Finnish: testamentittomuus French: please add this translation if you can Irish: díthiomnacht f Manx: neuhymnaght f

References

• intestacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• intestacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• cystatine