estate : Idioms & Phrases

• (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict.

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• noun a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land
  land agent; real estate agent; house agent; estate agent.
  
  • in England they call a real estate agent a land agent

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• noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat
  station waggon; wagon; station wagon; beach waggon; beach wagon; waggon.
  

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• noun (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
  estate for life.
  

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• noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
  estate; estate of the realm.
  

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• noun a tax on the estate of the deceased person
  death tax; death duty; inheritance tax.
  

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• noun assembly of the estates of all France; last meeting in 1789
  

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• (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

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• (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord.

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• noun the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
  Lords Spiritual.
  

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• noun the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
  

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• noun the total valuation of the estate's assets at the time of the person's death
  

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• noun a residential area where the houses were all planned and built at the same time
  

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• noun extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use
  land; demesne; estate; acres.
  
  • the family owned a large estate on Long Island

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• noun (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
  estate for life.
  

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• (Law), an estate which is held during the term of some certain person's life, but does not pass by inheritance.

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• noun the estate remaining after debts and funeral expenses and administrative expenses have been deducted from the gross estate; the estate then left to be distributed (and subject to federal and state inheritance taxes)
  

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• noun movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
  personal property; private property; personalty.
  

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• (Law), movables; chattels; opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature.

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• (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dict. )

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• noun property consisting of houses and land
  real property; immovable; realty.
  

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• lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent. Burrill.

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• noun a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land
  land agent; real estate agent; house agent; estate agent.
  
  • in England they call a real estate agent a land agent

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• noun a person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land
  land agent; real estate agent; house agent; estate agent.
  
  • in England they call a real estate agent a land agent

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• one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.

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• noun an investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate assets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market
  REIT.
  

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• noun a loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage
  mortgage loan.
  

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• noun the business of selling real estate
  

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• noun the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
  Lords Temporal.
  

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• (Eng.), the House of Peers.

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• (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband.

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• (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant.

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• a name often given to the public press.

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• noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
  estate; estate of the realm.
  

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• noun the common people
  Commons.
  

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• . (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers état. See Tiers état.

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