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  2. Estate tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "death tax" more directly refers back to the original use of "death duties" to address the fact that death itself triggers the tax or the transfer of assets on which the tax is assessed. While the use of terms like "death duty" had been known earlier, specifically calling estate tax the "death tax" was a move that entered mainstream ...

  3. Florida property law - Wikipedia

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    Florida is one of several states where the courts are required to be involved in every step of the foreclosure process. By 2012, it took three years to complete the process. In nonjudicial states, it takes an average of 100 days.

  4. State bureau of investigation - Wikipedia

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    An SBI is a state's equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but can include investigative jurisdiction similar to other federal law enforcement agencies as well. The SBIs investigate all manner of cases assigned to them by their state's laws and usually report to their state's attorney general , or in some cases, directly to their ...

  5. Homestead exemption in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The elected Property Appraisers of Florida's 67 counties are the state constitutional officers responsible for maintaining the integrity of the homestead tax exemption program. No one in Florida "automatically" obtains a homestead exemption. Instead, a homeowner on title (or the beneficiary of a trust, a person legally or naturally dependent ...

  6. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    As one has stated, "The rule against perpetuities is an ancient, but still vital, rule of property law intended to enhance marketability of property interests by limiting remoteness of vesting." [ 6 ] For this reason, another court has declared that the provisions of the rule are predicated upon "public policy" and thus "constitute non-waivable ...

  7. Post-mortem privacy - Wikipedia

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    An individual's reputation and dignity after death is also subject to post-mortem privacy protections. [1] In the US, no federal laws specifically extend post-mortem privacy protection. At the state level, privacy laws pertaining to the deceased vary significantly, but in general do not extend any clear rights of privacy beyond property rights ...

  8. Justifiable homicide - Wikipedia

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    Justifiable homicide applies to the blameless killing of a person, such as in self-defense. [1]The term "legal intervention" is a classification incorporated into the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, and does not denote the lawfulness or legality of the circumstances surrounding a death caused by law enforcement. [2]

  9. Oregon State Bar - Wikipedia

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    The Oregon State Bar (OSB) is a public corporation and instrumentality of the Oregon Judicial Department in the U.S. state of Oregon.Founded in 1890 as the private Oregon Bar Association, it became a public entity in 1935 that regulates the legal profession.