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Obsequy

The last duty or service to a person rendered after his death hence a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial now used only in the plural

cent., and over 2,000,000,50 per cent. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Revenue,' or amendments, and consult Hanson or Dymond's Death Duties. As to SETTLEMENT ESTATE DUTY, now abolished, see that title. Estate duty means a duty to be assessed

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Succession duties

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trust

that is usually characterized by some kind of commercial activity, transferable certificates of interest, existence continuing after the death of beneficiaries, limited liability, legal title in the hands of trustees, and officers having duties of management called

Settlement estate duty

ss. 5 and 17 of the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57& 58 Vict. c. 30) (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties'), on settled property passing on the death of one person to another not competent to dispose of it.

Registration for preservation

and Session for preservation (stamp 10s.); official extracts are equivalent to originals. See also WILLS. Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Ecclesiastical Registration.--The 70th Canon made in 1603 directs the churchwardens of every parish to provide a

Legacy duty

Vict. c. 12), ss. 41-43; and the (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, pt. Iii. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties.' Consult Hanson or Norman on Death Duties. … (English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, pt. Iii. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties.' Consult Hanson or Norman on Death Duties.

Adoption

her own parents and does not acquire any right or interest as a child of the adopter. The death duties in respect of any interest in property under any disposition of the adopter and vice versa are leviable … vice versa are leviable as if the child had been born to the adopter in lawful wedlock. See DEATH DUTIES,INTESTACY. The adoption of children is not recognized by the Common Law of Scotland, but the (English) Adoption of

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Births, Marriages, and Deaths. By the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 86), amended by

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