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Definition of Intestates
1. intestate [n] - See also: intestate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intestates
Literary usage of Intestates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife by John Fraser Macqueen (1905)
"There is now no distribution of intestates' personal estates by the common law;
and the phrase is still more incorrect if used to express the interest which ..."
2. The Law Chronicle: A Monthly Journal (1857)
"Special customs as to intestates in London, York, ffc., abolished.—In order that
one uniform rule should prevail throughout England and Wales concerning the ..."
3. Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (partly by Henry John Stephen, Edward Jenks (1903)
"... any law, custom, or statute to the contrary notwithstanding. And here it is
necessary to mention that, by the intestates' Estates Act, ..."
4. The New Charter of Baltimore City by Baltimore (Md.) (1900)
"intestates' Estates. 808. The Orphans' Court of said City shall order and direct
the funds arising from intestates' estates that may be administered upon in ..."
5. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn (1842)
"V. Of the Probate of Wills, and Administration of intestates' Effects. Which chapter
divides itself into two parts ; viz* 3. Of the Administration of ..."
6. The Legal Observer, and Solicitors' Journal (1856)
"'*S6 ; special customs concerning the distribution of Personal estates of intestates
in certain places to сеем. ** Act for the uniform Administration of ..."
7. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1880)
"intestates REAL ESTATE BILL. On Motion of Mr. POTTER, Bill for the better settling
the Real Estates of intestates, ordered to be brought in by Mr. POTTER, ..."
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