Separate estate

Definition
: an estate whose ownership and control is enjoyed by a person free from any rights or control of another (as a spouse)
3 a  : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death
see also bequest devise freehold heir inheritance intestate leasehold legacy probate testate will



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slight negligence

failure to exercise the great degree of care typical of an extraordinarily prudent person


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