estate
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"I think this is one of the most important election days in the history of the state of Israel," Uriel Brandler, a 58-year-old real estate agent, told AFP in Jerusalem the day before the vote.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Perry, who has since relocated to the island, is looking to cut ties with several of his real estate jewels—having recently put his Wyoming and California properties on the selling block.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The ads, paid for by Thrive LA, are styled as real estate advertisements for a fictitious “Nithya Raman Realty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The ruling that states that Bern is entitled to payment cannot be appealed against, however, the estate intends to lodge an appeal against the second ruling that decided the amount owed.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
By now there were tummies rumbling from one end of the vast estate to the other, and the villagers would not settle for less.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“That’s the nature of the vast majority of family offices,” said David Handler, a trust and estates lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Robert Romanoff, a trust and estates lawyer at Levenfeld Pearlstein in Chicago, said he has included provisions in premarital agreements requiring that a business-owning spouse commission a compensation study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
For families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
In 2023-24, estates with a valuation of £10m only paid an average effective inheritance tax rate of 18%, according to estimates from HM Revenue and Customs.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In 1652, with the political situation seemingly stabilized, Boyle visited Ireland, accompanied by the physician William Petty, to look into his interests in the family estates there.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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I mean, of course, of the elder branch, for there are swarms of the others, well to do and prosperous also, and with fine estated properties.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
Had Thady Macdermot had ready money, it might have been well built; but though an estated gentleman, he had none.
From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope
But Thaddeus, otherwise Thady Macdermot, being an estated gentleman, must have a gentleman's residence on his estate, and the house of Ballycloran was accordingly built.
From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope
In fact, Gleeson stood before the public as a kind of guardian of estated property,—the providence of dowagers, widows, and younger children!
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
You ain't above taking all our money and seeing us starve; and that when you have got everything round you here like an estated gentleman, as you are?'
From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope
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