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  • 41Estate agent — is a British English term for a person or business that arranges the selling, renting or management of homes, land and other buildings, although an agent that specialises in renting is often called a Letting Agent. Estate agents are mainly… …

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  • 42Estate planning — is the process of accumulating and disposing of an estate to maximize the goals of the estate owner. The various goals of estate planning include making sure the greatest amount of the estate passes to the estate owner s intended beneficiaries,… …

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  • 43Estate map — Estate maps were maps commissioned by individual landowners or institutions showing their property, typically including fields and buildings. In England and Wales, they began to be produced in large numbers during the 16th century [PDA Harvey,… …

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  • 44estate tax — n: an excise in the form of a percentage of the taxable estate that is imposed on a property owner s right to transfer the property to others after his or her death – called also succession tax; see also unified transfer tax compare gift tax,… …

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  • 45Estate Duty Ordinance Cap.111 — (in short, Cap 111 ESO) is one of Hong Kong ordinances. It regulates the HK estate duty which was a tax imposed on capital asset the net value of property situated in Hong Kong at the date of the taxpayer s death. It is chargeable irrespective of …

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  • 46estate for life — index freehold Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 estate for life …

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  • 47estate planning — estate plan·ning n: the arranging for the disposition and management of one s estate at death through the use of wills, trusts, insurance policies, and other devices Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. estate planning …

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  • 48estate tax threshold — The dollar amount of an estate at which estate tax might be due. For example, if you die in a year where the federal estate tax exception is $3.5 million, then your estate may owe estate taxes if your estate is larger $3.5 million at that time.… …

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  • 49estate agent — ➔ agent * * * estate agent UK US noun [C] UK (US real estate agent, US Realtor™) PROPERTY, COMMERCE ► an estate agency: »The estate agent said: The position is that we are confident of getting other offers. ► …

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  • 50Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. — Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc. (194 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 1999)) is a United States court case that involved a longstanding dispute about the public domain copyright status of Martin Luther King, Jr. s famous speech, known by …

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