personal estate

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Jackson’s personal estate - the assets he left after his death - was thrown out as a defendant in 2015.

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Jackson’s personal estate — the assets he left after his death — was thrown out as a defendant in 2015.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2023

In 2005, $215 million from her family trust poured into the foundation’s coffers, along with another $30 million from her personal estate.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019

Joseph is noted as having $25,000 in real estate and $10,000 in personal estate.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2015

Mr. Morrison leaned on his elbows and smoked, gazing at the fields and woods as if they were his own personal estate.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn