intestate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Without a valid will indicating whom to leave one's estate to after death.
2. (not-comparable)Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will.

noun

1. 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”