Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estate Duty

The tax imposed by the Finance Act, 1894, s. 1, upon the principal value of property, whether real or personal, settled or not, which passes on the death of any person dying after August 1, 1894. It is payable as a percentage on the total value of the estate

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Estate Duty in Historical Law

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English Legal System: Estate Duty

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Estate Duty : An obsolete tax formerly levied on the value of property passing on death.

See inheritance tax.