Legal Definition and Related Resources of Death Duties

Estate duty, succession duty and legacy duty, payable on property passing at death

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Death Duties in Historical Law

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English Legal System: Death Duties

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Death Duties : Taxes formerly charged on a person’s property on his death. These have now been replaced by *inheritance tax.