One who cannot law fully make a testament. 2. An infant, an insane person, or one civilly dead, cannot make a will, for want of capacity or understanding; a married woman cannot make such a will without some special authority, because she is under the power of her husband. They are all intestable. One who has not testamentary capacity; e.g., an infant, lunatic, or person … [Read more...]

The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. Natural interruption is an interruption in fact, which takes place whenever by some act we cease truly to possess what we formerly possessed. A right is not interrupted by: mere trespassers, if the trespasser's were … [Read more...]

The state or condition of dying without having made a valid will. Brown v. Mugway, 15 N. J. Law, 331. … [Read more...]

When the possession of land has been interrupted by another party. … [Read more...]

Without making a will. A person is said to die intestate when he dies without making a will, or dies without leaving anything to testify what his wishes were with respect to the disposal of his property after his death. The word is also often used to signify the person himself. Thus, in speaking of the property of a person who died intestate, it is common to say "the in" … [Read more...]