Look up: estate

1. estate
   [Noun] Possessions left after death. An area of land in the country with property. Large area of property, especially new houses.
   Example: Sonia's grandmother left her a large share of her estate.
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2. Estate
   a landed property
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3. Estate
   A form of stratification involving inequalities between groups of individuals established by law.
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4. estate
   [n] - everything you own 2. [n] - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use 3. [n] - a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
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5. Estate
   a system based on a rigidly interlocking hierarchy of rights and obligations
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6. Estate
   The legal term referring the total of a persons personal assets including property, cash, possessions, etc. at the time of death.
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7. Estate
   all the property of a deceased person.
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8. Estate
   The assets that you own which can be left under your will. There are items which may not be left under your will (see joint property). Most pension provisions are not assets which can be left under the terms of a will or intestacy.
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9. Estate
   The total value of a deceased person's assets.For example:Total value of... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/estate.htm?id=483&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of estate'>more</a>
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10. estate
    In European history, an order of society that enjoyed a specified share in government. In medieval theory, there were usually three estates - the nobility, the clergy, and the commons- with the...
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11. estate
    In law, the rights that a person has in relation to any property. Real estate is an interest in any land;personal estate is an interest in any other kind of property. ...
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12. estate
    A large amount of land, houses and farms, usually owned by a single person or group.
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13. estate
    the degree,quantity,nature and extent of interest which a person has in real property Category: Law
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14. Estate
    The rights and assets of a person in property
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15. Estate
    All the property belonging to a person at death.
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16. Estate
    Property left by a person who has died. The executors will collect all the assets of the estate and distribute them to the beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the dead person's will, or intestacy rules if there was no will left.
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17. estate
    Property left by a person who has died. The executors will collect all the assets of the estate and distribute them to the beneficiaries in accordance with the terms of the dead person's will, or intestacy rules if there was no will left.
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18. Estate
    Is the total assets and individual has at the time of their death.
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19. Estate
    Es·tate' (ĕs*tāt') noun [ Old French estat , French état , Latin status , from stare to stand. See Stand , and confer State .] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; conditio...
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20. Estate
    Es·tate' transitive verb 1. To establish. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl. 2. Tom settle as a fortune. [ Archaic] Shak. 3. To endow with an estate. [ Archaic] « Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory.» Tennyson.
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21. estate
    1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. 'When I came to man's estate.' 'Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.' (Romans xii. 16) ... 2. Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. 'God hath imprinted his aut...
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22. estate
    estate of the realm noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights
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23. estate
    landed estate noun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; `the family owned a large estate on Long Island`
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24. Estate
    • (v. t.) Tom settle as a fortune. • (v. t.) To endow with an estate. • (n.) Social standing or rank; quality; dignity. • (n.) A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at hi...
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25. estate
    (from the article `inheritance`) ...civil law of the continental European pattern, the pertinent branch is generally called the law of succession. In Anglo-American common law it was ... Bankruptcy laws were enacted to provide and govern an orderly and equitable liquidation of the estates of insolvent debtors. This purpose has ... [2...
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