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.