estate duty
Britishnoun
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Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh said: "Why should siblings who've lived together for years have to pay estate duty when one dies?"
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2018
The proposals regarding the estate duty to be charged also vary.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker
The estate duty might be handled upon similar principles.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker
In close relation with the income-tax is the estate duty, with its adjuncts of Legacy and Succession Duties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
His heirs claim the stock, but the English brokers refuse to hand it over unless the English estate duty, which is claimed by the officials of the Inland Revenue, has first been paid.
From International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim
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