-
81 villico
villicare, villicavi, villicatus Vperform duties of farm overseer; act as overseer of estate/public property -
82 villicus
farm overseer (slave/free), estate manager; grade of imperial/public servant -
83 vilicus
, villicuspertaining to an estate, overseer, steward. -
84 villa
country house, country estate /(med.) manor, village. -
85 academia
ăcădēmī̆a, ae, f., = akadêmeia, and less correctly akadêmia, the Academy, a gymnasium about six stadia from Athens, named after the hero Academos or Echedemos (cf. Plut. Thes. 31), celebrated as the place where Plato taught; whence his scholars were called Academici, and his doctrine Philosophia Academica, in distinction from Stoica, Cynica, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 98; id. Or. 3, 12; id. Fin. 5, 1, 1 al.—II.Meton.A.For The philosophy of the Academy:B.instaret academia, quae quidquid dixisses, id te ipsum scire negaret,
Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 43; id. Off. 3, 4, 20 al.:Academia vetus,
id. Ac. 1, 4, 18; id. Fin. 5, 8, 21:recens,
id. Leg. 1, 13, 39; cf.recentior,
id. de Or. 3, 18, 68;and adulescentior,
id. Fam. 9, 8, 1:nova,
id. Ac. 1, 12, 46 al. —Cicero, as a partisan of the Academic philosophy, named his estate, on the way from Lake Avernus to Puteoli, Academia; there also he wrote the Academica. He had another Academia at his Tusculan Villa, Cic. Tusc. 2, 3; 3, 3; id. Att. 1, 4, 3 al. (The i long, Cic. Div. 1, 13, 22; Tull. Laurea ap. Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 8;short,
Claud. de Cons. Mall. Theod. 94; Sid. 15, 120.) -
86 Actor
1.actor, ōris, m. [id.].I.One who drives or moves something:II. A.pecoris actor,
Ov. H. 1, 95:habenae,
a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—In gen. of every kind of action:B.ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,
id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:C.accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,
Cic. Part. 32;esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,
id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—D.In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:2.inventor, compositor, actor,
Cic. Or. 19.—A player, an actor:2.actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).Actor, ŏris, m.I.A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—II.An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308. -
87 actor
1.actor, ōris, m. [id.].I.One who drives or moves something:II. A.pecoris actor,
Ov. H. 1, 95:habenae,
a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—In gen. of every kind of action:B.ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,
id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:C.accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,
Cic. Part. 32;esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,
id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—D.In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:2.inventor, compositor, actor,
Cic. Or. 19.—A player, an actor:2.actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).Actor, ŏris, m.I.A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—II.An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308. -
88 Actoridae
1.actor, ōris, m. [id.].I.One who drives or moves something:II. A.pecoris actor,
Ov. H. 1, 95:habenae,
a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—In gen. of every kind of action:B.ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,
id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:C.accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,
Cic. Part. 32;esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,
id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—D.In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:2.inventor, compositor, actor,
Cic. Or. 19.—A player, an actor:2.actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).Actor, ŏris, m.I.A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—II.An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308. -
89 Actorides
1.actor, ōris, m. [id.].I.One who drives or moves something:II. A.pecoris actor,
Ov. H. 1, 95:habenae,
a slinger, Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—In gen. of every kind of action:B.ut illum efficeret oratorem verborum actoremque rerum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 57 (a translation of the Homer. prêktêra ergôn, Il. 9, 443):Cato dux, auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit,
id. Sest. 28 fin.; so Caes. B. C. 1, 26; Nep. Att. 3, 2 al.—In judicial lang., one who brings an action, a plaintiff:C.accusatorem pro omni actore et petitore appello,
Cic. Part. 32;esp. of lawyers: Moloni Rhodio et actori summo causarum et magistro,
id. Brut. 89 fin.; so Hor. A. P. 369 al.—Also, one who conducts a suit, an advocate, Cic. Caec. 1.—Hence,At a later period, an agent or attorney; in gen., an administrator or manager or steward, overseer of property or an estate.—So in Tac.: actor publicus, he who administers the public property, Ann. 2, 30; 3, 67: actor summarum, a keeper of accounts or cashier, Suet. Dom. 11, and so often in the Dig.: sub actoribus, overseers (of a household), Vulg. Gal. 4, 2.—D.In rhetor. lang., one who delivers any oral discourse; and esp. one who delivers an oration, an orator:2.inventor, compositor, actor,
Cic. Or. 19.—A player, an actor:2.actores secundarum et tertiarum partium,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15; so id. de Or. 1, 26; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16 (cf. ago, II., and actio, II. C.).Actor, ŏris, m.I.A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 500.—II.An Auruncan, ib. 12, 94; 96.—Hence, Actŏ-rĭdes, ae, patron. m., son or grandson of Actor: his son, Menoetius, Ov. F. 2, 39; his grandson, Patroclus, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 29; id. M. 13, 273; Erithos, id. ib. 5, 79.—In plur.: Actŏrĭdae, i. e. Eurytus and Cleatus, sons of Actor, King of Phthia, id. ib. 8, 308. -
90 ager
ăger, gri, m. [agros; Germ. Acker, Eng. acre, Sanscr. agras = surface, floor; Grimm conjectured that it was connected with ago, agô, a pecore agendo, and this was the ancient view; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 34 Müll., and Don. ad Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; so the Germ. Trift = pasture, from treiben, to drive].I.In an extended sense, territory, district, domain, the whole of the soil belonging to a community (syn.: terra, tellus, arvum, solum, rus, humus; opp. terra, which includes [p. 70] many such possessions taken together; cf.II.Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 694 sq.): Ager Tusculanus,... non terra,
Varr. L. L. 7, 2, 84:praedā atque agro adfecit familiares suos,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 38:abituros agro Achivos,
id. ib. 1, 53, 71:ut melior fundus Hirpinus sit, sive ager Hirpinus (totum enim possidet), quam, etc.,
Cic. Agr. 3, 2: fundum habet in agro Thurino, id. Fragm. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 131 (pro Tull. 14):Rhenus, qui agrum Helvetium a Germanis dividit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.:ager Noricus,
id. ib. 1, 5:in agro Troade,
Nep. Paus. 3:in agro Aretino,
Sall. C. 36, 1:his civitas data agerque,
Liv. 2, 16:in agro urbis Jericho,
Vulg. Josue, 5, 13.—In the Roman polity: ager Romanus, the Roman possessions in land (distinguished from ager peregrinus, foreign territory) was divided into ager publicus, public property, domains, and ager privatus, private estates; v. Smith's Dict. Antiq., and Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 2, 695 and 696; cf. with 153 sq.—In a more restricted sense.A.Improdued or productive land, a field, whether pasture, arable, nursery ground, or any thing of the kind; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, 7 sq.; 1, 71; Hab. Syn. 68, and Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 7, 13:* Of a piece of ground where vines or trees are planted, a nursery:agrum hunc mercatus sum: hic me exerceo,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94:agrum de nostro patre colendum habebat,
id. Phorm. 2, 3, 17:ut ager quamvis fertilis, sine culturā fructuosus esse non potest,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5; id. Fl. 29:agrum colere,
id. Rosc. Am. 18:conserere,
Verg. E. 1, 73:agrum tuum non seres,
Vulg. Lev. 19, 19:(homo) seminavit bonum semen in agro suo,
ib. Matt. 13, 24; ib. Luc. 12, 16. —ut ager mundus purusque flat, ejus arbor atque vitis fecundior,
Gell.19, 12, 8.—Of a place of habitation in the country, estate, villa:B.in tuosne agros confugiam,
Cic. Att. 3, 15 (so agros, Hom. Od. 24, 205).—The fields, the open country, the country (as in Gr. agros or agroi), like rus, in opp. to the town, urbs (in prose writers generally only in the plur.), Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 2:C.homines ex agris concurrunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44:non solum ex urbe, sed etiam ex agris,
id. Cat. 2, 4, 8:annus pestilens urbi agrisque,
Liv. 3, 6; id. 3, 32:in civitatem et in agros,
Vulg. Marc. 5, 14.—And even in opp. to a village or hamlet, the open field:sanum hominem modo ruri esse oportet, modo in urbe, saepiusque in agro,
Cels. 1, 1.—Poet., in opp. to mountains, plain, valley, champaign:D.ignotos montes agrosque salutat,
Ov. M. 3, 25.—As a measure of length (opp. frons, breadth):mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,
in depth, Hor. S. 1, 8, 12. -
91 Albani
Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].I.A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:B. II.exercitus,
Liv. 1, 28:pax,
the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.A.The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—B.The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;hence. Albanae columnae,
made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72. -
92 Albanum
Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].I.A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:B. II.exercitus,
Liv. 1, 28:pax,
the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.A.The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—B.The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;hence. Albanae columnae,
made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72. -
93 Albanus
Albānus, a, um, adj. [Alba].I.A.. Pertaining to the town of Alba, Alban:B. II.exercitus,
Liv. 1, 28:pax,
the peace between the Romans and Albans, id. 1, 27.—Hence, Albāni, ōrum, m.A.The Albans, the inhabitants of Alba Longa, Liv. 1, 29.—B.The Albanians, the inhabitants of Albania, on the Caspian Sea, Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.— Esp., Lăcus Albānus, a deep lake in Latium, south of Rome, and on the west side of old Alba, now Lago di Albano, Liv. 5, 15.— Mons Albānus, a rocky mountain in Latium, now Monte Cavo, lying eastward from the Alban Lake, 2500 feet above the surface of the Tyrrhene Sea, on whose western declivity, extending to the lake, was the old Alba Longa. Upon its summit, which afforded a noble view, stood the splendid temple of Juppiter Latiaris, up to which wound a paved way, still in part existing, for the festive processions in the holidays of the Latins (feriae Latinae), as well as for the ovations of the Roman generals, cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 139-146.— Lăpis Albānus, the kind of stone hewn from Mount Alba, called in Ital. peperino or piperno, Vitr. 2, 7;hence. Albanae columnae,
made of such stone, Cic. Scaur. 2, 45.— Albānum, i, n., an estate at Alba, Cic. Att. 7, 5; Quint. 5, 13, 40; Suet. Aug. 72. -
94 Anagnia
Ănagnĭa, ae, f., = Anagnia, a town in Latium, the chief seat of the Hernici, now Anagni, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1; Liv. 45, 16; Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 23; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 665.—Hence, Ănagnīnus, a, um, belonging to Anagnia, Cic. Dom. 30.— Subst.: Ănagnīnum, i, n., an estate near Anagnia, Cic. Att. 12, 1. — Plur.: Ănagnīni, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Cic. Phil. 2, 41; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63. -
95 Anagnini
Ănagnĭa, ae, f., = Anagnia, a town in Latium, the chief seat of the Hernici, now Anagni, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1; Liv. 45, 16; Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 23; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 665.—Hence, Ănagnīnus, a, um, belonging to Anagnia, Cic. Dom. 30.— Subst.: Ănagnīnum, i, n., an estate near Anagnia, Cic. Att. 12, 1. — Plur.: Ănagnīni, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Cic. Phil. 2, 41; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63. -
96 Anagninum
Ănagnĭa, ae, f., = Anagnia, a town in Latium, the chief seat of the Hernici, now Anagni, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1; Liv. 45, 16; Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 23; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 665.—Hence, Ănagnīnus, a, um, belonging to Anagnia, Cic. Dom. 30.— Subst.: Ănagnīnum, i, n., an estate near Anagnia, Cic. Att. 12, 1. — Plur.: Ănagnīni, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Cic. Phil. 2, 41; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63. -
97 Anagninus
Ănagnĭa, ae, f., = Anagnia, a town in Latium, the chief seat of the Hernici, now Anagni, Cic. Att. 16, 8, 1; Liv. 45, 16; Plin. 34, 6, 11, § 23; cf. Mann. Ital. 1, 665.—Hence, Ănagnīnus, a, um, belonging to Anagnia, Cic. Dom. 30.— Subst.: Ănagnīnum, i, n., an estate near Anagnia, Cic. Att. 12, 1. — Plur.: Ănagnīni, ōrum, m., its inhabitants, Cic. Phil. 2, 41; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 63. -
98 Anser
1.anser, ĕris, usu. m. [Sanscr. hasas; Gr. chên; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose] (f., Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3; Col. 8, 14, 4; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. p. 7; Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 sq.), a goose; sacred to Juno, and which preserved the Capitol in the Gallic war. Hence held in high honor by the Romans, Liv. 5, 47; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20; Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 81 al.—Anser Amyclaeus, the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclœ, Verg. Cir. 488.2.Anser, ĕris, m., a petulant and obscene poet (Ov. Tr. 2, 435), a friend of the triumvir Antonius, who presented him with an estate at Falernum (Cic. Phil. 13, 5). Acc. to Servius, Virgil makes a sportive allusion to him in Ecl. 9, 36: argutos inter strepere anser olores; cf.:ore canorus Anseris indocto carmine cessit olor,
Prop. 3, 32, 84, and Weich. Poet. Lat. pp. 159-167. -
99 anser
1.anser, ĕris, usu. m. [Sanscr. hasas; Gr. chên; Germ. Gans; Engl. Gander; Erse, goss = goose] (f., Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3; Col. 8, 14, 4; cf. Schneid. Gram. II. p. 7; Bentl. ad Hor. S. 2, 8, 88; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 sq.), a goose; sacred to Juno, and which preserved the Capitol in the Gallic war. Hence held in high honor by the Romans, Liv. 5, 47; Cic. Rosc. Am. 20; Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 81 al.—Anser Amyclaeus, the swan, into which Jupiter changed himself at Amyclœ, Verg. Cir. 488.2.Anser, ĕris, m., a petulant and obscene poet (Ov. Tr. 2, 435), a friend of the triumvir Antonius, who presented him with an estate at Falernum (Cic. Phil. 13, 5). Acc. to Servius, Virgil makes a sportive allusion to him in Ecl. 9, 36: argutos inter strepere anser olores; cf.:ore canorus Anseris indocto carmine cessit olor,
Prop. 3, 32, 84, and Weich. Poet. Lat. pp. 159-167. -
100 aratiuncula
ărātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [aratio], a small arable field, or a small estate, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 46.
См. также в других словарях:
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
Estate 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… … Wikipedia
estate — es‧tate [ɪˈsteɪt] noun [countable] 1. PROPERTY a large piece of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner: • The estate consists of the main villa, several outbuildings and barns, a swimming pool, a farm house and an… … Financial and business terms
Estate 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,… … Wikipedia
Estate 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,… … Wikipedia
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 — may refer to: * Estate (law), a term used in common law to signify the total of a person s property, entitlements and obligations *Estate (social), a broad social category in the histories of certain countries * Immovable property, real estate or … Wikipedia
Estate 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 … Wikipedia
estate for life — index freehold Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 estate for life … Law dictionary
Estate — Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came to man … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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