Intestacy

Question 0

Define: law of promegenitar

Answer 0

Common law rule that kept the property in the family and the blood line by giving property only to the sons and never to daughters or wives

Question 1

Define: intestacy

Answer 1

Dying without a will.

Living people have no heirs. They only become heirs after death.

Question 2

The order of intestacy

Answer 2

1) issue or children
2) ancestors or parents and grandparents
3) collateral or blood relatives/ brothers/ sisters/ uncles/ aunts
4) if none of the above exist, it escheats to the state.