Definition of "estate" []

• A landed property, usually of considerable size. (noun)
• The whole of one's possessions, especially all the property and debts left by one at death. (noun)
• Law The nature and extent of an owner's rights with respect to land or other property. (noun)
• Chiefly British A housing development. (noun)
• The situation or circumstances of one's life: A child's estate gives way to the adult's estate. (noun)

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• "Real estate, the title to which is conveyed by deed, as distinguished from other estates in land, is called an _estate of inheritance_."
• "Every assessment made under Asgeesment to this aqt shall constitute a lien upon the estate on which upon estate*."
• "_estate for life_ is an estate conveyed to a person for the term of his natural life."