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If a person die intestate (_intestatus_) and have no self-successor
The Twelve Tables Anonymous
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In religion the intestabilis or intestatus was held ill-omened, and not permitted to become a priest (Seneca Controv.ii. 4), a practice perpetuated in the various Christian churches.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Si quis intestatus ex hac vita decedat, sive sit per negligentiam ejus, sive per mortem subitaneam, tunc non assumat sibi dominus plus possessionis (æhta) ipsius quam justum armamentum; sed post mortem possessio (æhtgescyft) ejus quam justissime distribuatur uxori et liberis, et propinquis cognatis, cuilibet pro dignitate quæ ad cum pertinet.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Itaque, cum unum qui - deni fiiium filiamve bseredcni reli - querat libertus, perinde pars dimi - dia debebatur patrono, ac si is sine ullo filio filiave intestatus decessis - set: cum vero duos duasvc hseft - des reliquerat, tertia pars debebatur patrono: si tres reliquerat, repelle - batur patronus.
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