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
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 Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
When the estate duty has been paid no further duty is chargeable on property comprised in the estate which passes to lineal relations of the deceased.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
A general increase in the existing rates of estate duty cannot be made without discouraging thrift.
From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir
The estate duty might be handled upon similar principles.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by Barker, J. Ellis
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