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estates <an estate; estates> N

estates

administration of estates LAW

breaking up large estates AGR

estate agent <an estate agent; estate agents> N

estate duty <an estate duty; estate duties> N ECON

fourth estate

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He proposed to pay for the scheme through a graduated land tax, hitting the largest estates hardest.
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Monarchs often sought to legitimize their power by requiring oaths of fealty from the estates.
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Such estates were taxed for a capon or a turkey, which were used for a banquet each year.
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In 1721, it raised money by conducting lotteries, the prizes including stock in the company and annuities secured on its estates.
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The final production model was the Crusader special edition which was available as a 1.3, 1.6, and 2.0 saloons or 1.6 and 2.0 estates.
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Many office blocks and large estates were built, including a ring road.
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Most observers credited land reform measures with liquidating concentration of very large estates and weakening political power of landowners.
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However, in 1662 he was restored to a third of his former estates and presumably to his titles.
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Land from at most 1,700 estates was redistributed to about 100,000 familiesone sixth of the country's population.
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The latifundia quickly started economic consolidation as larger estates achieved greater economies of scale and senators did not pay land taxes.
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