Sign in
|
English
|
Terms of Use
Dictionary
Forum
Contacts
English
⇄
Arabic
Bulgarian
Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian Latin
Spanish
Swedish
Ukrainian
G
o
o
g
l
e
|
Forvo
|
+
English thesaurus
estate
[ɪ'steɪt]
abbr.
abbr.
est
law
a right to enjoy possession of a piece of land for a period of time
(
Millennium
)
;
Everything a person
alive or dead
owns and owes. There are different types of estates, like probate, nonprobate, trust and taxable estates. Probate estate: The property in someone's will. Or, if they do not have a will, the property the probate court handles. Nonprobate estate: The property the probate court does not handle. For example, if there's a trust or joint tenancy. Trust estate: Property in a trust. A trustee controls the trust. Taxable estate: The property subject to federal estate tax when a person dies. For example, life insurance
Add
|
Report an error
|
Get short URL
|
Language Selection Tips