Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
estate of inheritance — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
estate of inheritance — An estate which may descend to heirs. Administration & Trust Co. v. Catron, 171 Tenn. 268, 102 S.W.2d 59, 60. A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a fee, where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life … Black's law dictionary
estate of inheritance — An estate which may descend to heirs. Administration & Trust Co. v. Catron, 171 Tenn. 268, 102 S.W.2d 59, 60. A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a fee, where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life … Black's law dictionary
estate of inheritance — an estate that descends to an heir and thus endures throughout two or more lives … Useful english dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
Inheritance — In*her it*ance, n. [Cf. OF. enheritance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
freehold estate of inheritance — A freehold estate in fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple determinable or defeasible, and estates in fee tail. 28 Am J2d Est § 8 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Inheritance tax — An inheritance tax or estate tax is a levy paid by a person who inherits money or property or a tax on the estate (total value of the money and property) of a person who has died.[1] In international tax law, there is a distinction between an… … Wikipedia
Estate tax in the United States — This article is about Estate tax in the United States. For other countries, see Inheritance tax. Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States … Wikipedia
estate tax — A tax imposed on the right to transfer property by death. Thus, an estate tax is levied on the decedent s estate and not on the heir receiving the property. A tax levied on right to transmit property, while inheritance tax is levied on right to… … Black's law dictionary
