[ noun ] the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will <noun.state>
Intestacy \In*tes"ta*cy\, n. [From {Intestate}.] The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. --Blackstone.
Debate on the Law Commission's report on intestacy. WEDNESDAY Commons: Environment questions.
PROPOSED changes to the intestacy laws announced by the lord chancellor, Lord Mackay, should be a powerful incentive to avoid dying without a will, or intestate.