intestate

Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.

Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

A person who dies without making a valid will.

the surplusages of intestates […]after the expiration of one full year from the death of the intestate is to be distributed : one - third to the widow of the intestate, and the residue in equal proportions to his children ; or if dead to their representatives : that is , their lineal descendants