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ESTATE TAX
Federal tax that is due on the value of an estate at the death of the owner. … [Read more...] about ESTATE TAX
ESTOVERIIS HABENDIS
A writ for a wife judicially separated to recover her alimony or estovers. Obsolete. … [Read more...] about ESTOVERIIS HABENDIS
ESTATE TAXES
Taxes imposed by the state or federal government on the estate of a deceased person and passed to the living. Federal estate tax requirements are now in a state of flux and may be changed dramatically in the year 2011. States also impose their own estate taxes or inheritance taxes. … [Read more...] about ESTATE TAXES
ESTOVERS
An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thing for his or her support, as for food and raiment. An allowance (more commonly called "alimony") granted to a woman divorced a mensa et thoro, for her support out of her husband's estate. 1 Bl. Comm. 441. The right or privilege which a tenant has to furnish himself with so much wood from the demised premises as may … [Read more...] about ESTOVERS