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inheritance

noun as in possession gained through someone's death

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Your question is common for someone with an inheritance, said Nashira Lynton, a financial therapist and founder of Renewed Wealth Therapy.

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The Lone Star State doesn’t currently tax estates or inheritance, but 17 others do, including Washington with a top rate of 35%.

In a country that treats art as sacred inheritance, maybe the true suspense isn’t whether they’ll get away.

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Relationships thrive on proximity, and the five-year absence from your father’s life may have shredded some of those family ties — at least when it comes to inheritance.

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Her advocacy also influenced national policy and she played a key role in shaping a law in 1989 that guaranteed inheritance rights for women and children.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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