inheritance
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Any money left over can become an inheritance one day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
If you also expect to leave money to your children in a will or trust, you might want to explain to them that your assistance now will reduce their inheritance later.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Representatives for the trust have argued Reiner is barred from accessing the fund due to California’s so-called Slayer Statute, which blocks convicted killers from profiting from their crimes in various ways, including through inheritance claims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
What is up for debate is its European inheritance: the judicial system, the liberal press, the officer class its founders built, and the old ties to the West.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
When the meeting was again called to order Mr. Hoo suggested they offer Ms. Pulaski a slightly larger share of the inheritance in exchange for a transcript of the will—in English.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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And I don’t like the idea that my brother and I get equal inheritances while she spends 10 years doing unpaid care.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
It is drawn from the King's private money, which includes his income from the Duchy of Lancaster, private estates and his own investments and inheritances.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“This case is not about the far larger Reiner family trusts, which hold the assets of Nick’s parents’ estate and the inheritances they left their children,” his attorneys argued in the motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
In her view, farmers who don’t want a data center might not appreciate that family farms become family inheritances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Randall sons managed their inheritances according to their temperaments.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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