estate duty

estate duty
a tax formerly levied on the value of property passing on a person's death. Estate duty was abolished in the UK in respect of deaths occurring after 12 March 1975, being replaced by Capital Transfer Tax (now inheritance tax).

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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