intestacy

== English == === Etymology === From intestate +‎ -cy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛstəsi/ === Noun === intestacy (countable and uncountable, plural intestacies) (law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. ==== Antonyms ==== testacy ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intestacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “intestacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === cystatine