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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intestacy \In*tes"ta*cy\, n. [From Intestate.] The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intestacy n 1: the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

INTESTACY. The state or condition of dying without a will.