intestable
Adjective (Legal term): - Not having the legal capacity to make a will: "intestable" describes a person who is legally disqualified or unable to create a valid testament (will) due to reasons such as mental incapacity, minority, or legal status.
- (They cannot legally make a will.)
- (He lacked the mental capacity to execute a will.)
- (Their legal status prevents them from making a will.)
"to be declared intestable": to be formally determined by a court as lacking the ability to make a will.
- After the accident, the patient was declared intestable by a judge. (A legal ruling confirmed his incapacity.)
"intestable heir": a person who cannot inherit under a will because the testator was intestable.
- The property passed to the state because the deceased was intestable and had no living relatives. (No valid will existed, and intestacy laws applied.)
Intestacy (noun): the state of dying without a valid will.
- The estate was divided according to the laws of intestacy. (Rules for distributing property when no will exists.)
Intestate (adjective/noun): describing a person who dies without making a valid will.
- He died intestate, so his assets were distributed to his closest relatives. (He left no will.)
Testable (adjective): having the legal capacity to make a will.
- Only testable adults can execute a valid testament. (Those of sound mind and legal age.)
- Incapable of testation: lacking the legal right to make a will.
- Legally disqualified from making a will: prohibited by law from creating a testament.
Die intestable: to die without having the capacity to make a will, resulting in intestacy.
- If a person dies intestable, their property is distributed according to statutory rules. (No valid will exists due to incapacity.)
Intestable by law: officially barred from making a will under legal statutes.
- Convicted felons were once considered intestable by law in some regions. (Historical legal restriction.)