law of estate

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• 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

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• estate and gift taxes — A combined federal tax on transfers by gift or death. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. estate and gift taxes A combined federal tax on transfers by gift or death …   Law dictionary

• estate 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,… …   Law dictionary

• estate 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 …   Law dictionary

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

• estate 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.… …   Law dictionary

• estate for years — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. estate for years …   Law dictionary

• estate by entirety — See: tenancy by the entirety Category: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure & Debt Category: Real Estate & Rental Property Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill …   Law dictionary

• estate property — USA property of the estate, Also known as estate property. All tangible and intangible assets owned by a debtor at the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding including intellectual property rights, tax attributes, stock options and causes of… …   Law dictionary

• estate, vested — n. An estate that is currently owned or held by the person to whom the property interest will go when a life estate or other current interest ends. See also life estate The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks,… …   Law dictionary