intestate succession

intestate succession
intestate succession see succession

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

intestate succession
n.
Disposition of the property of someone who dies intestate according to the rules of descent and distribution.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


intestate succession
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse or registered domestic partner, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Living Trusts & Avoiding Probate
Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


intestate succession
The inheritance of an ancestor's property according to the laws of descent and distribution that are applied when the deceased has not executed a valid will.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


intestate succession
The inheritance of an ancestor's property according to the laws of descent and distribution that are applied when the deceased has not executed a valid will.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

intestate succession
n.
   the distribution when a person dies without leaving a valid will and the spouse and heirs will take (receive the possessions) by the laws of descent and distribution and marital rights in the estate which may apply to a surviving spouse. Collectively these are called the laws of intestate succession.
   See also: intestacy, intestate

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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