death duty

NOUN
  1. a tax on the estate of the deceased person

How To Use death duty In A Sentence

  • After this date, and until 18 March 1986, a form of death duty called capital transfer tax applied.
  • In addition, the heriot, that is the death duty paid to a lord when a thegn died, was set at four horses (two with saddles), two swords and a coat of mail.
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