Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
piso intestado
English translation:
intestate flat/property
Added to glossary by
Tony Isaac
Oct 17, 2008 09:57
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
piso intestado
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
A person can be intestate but is there a neat way to refer to property affected by intestacy?
Proposed translations
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| 3 +9 | intestate flat/property |
S Ben Price
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S Ben Price
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intestate flat/property
According to random house, it works for things as well:
intestate
–adjective 1. (of a person) not having made a will: to die intestate.
2. (of things) not disposed of by will: Her property remains intestate.
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American Heritage Dictionary-
Not disposed of by a legal will: intestate lands.
Princeton Wordnet-
having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property"
Meriam Webster Dictionary of Law-
2 : not disposed of by a valid will <intestate property> intestate estate>; specifically : transmitted according to statutory rules governing intestate succession
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Or simply the more wordy and less legalese version, (I like this as it can be understood by anyone - especially a foreigner, if there is one involved in this case)
"the flat is/was part of an estate with no will."
intestate
–adjective 1. (of a person) not having made a will: to die intestate.
2. (of things) not disposed of by will: Her property remains intestate.
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Note added at 5 mins (2008-10-17 10:03:17 GMT)
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American Heritage Dictionary-
Not disposed of by a legal will: intestate lands.
Princeton Wordnet-
having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will; "he died intestate"; "intestate property"
Meriam Webster Dictionary of Law-
2 : not disposed of by a valid will <intestate property> intestate estate>; specifically : transmitted according to statutory rules governing intestate succession
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-10-17 10:14:59 GMT)
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Or simply the more wordy and less legalese version, (I like this as it can be understood by anyone - especially a foreigner, if there is one involved in this case)
"the flat is/was part of an estate with no will."
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Comment: "Thanks, that's fine. I'd never come across the word for property."
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