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Property is treated as a covered bequest when acquired by reason of a covered expatriate's death including property rights passing under a right of survivorship, annuity payments, property subject to a general power of appointment, and life insurance proceeds.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In making his argument for property rights, Pipkin weaves a long narrative that cites multiple historical documents and land deeds, dating back to the founding of America.
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Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
The family trying to sell its land framed the sale as an issue of private property rights, but the neighbors were adamant that this was about preserving farmland and a rural way of life.
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Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Jan. 2025
Authoritarianism erodes property rights and the rule of law, so financial markets typically respond with alarm to political unrest.
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Victor Menaldo, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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“Property right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20right. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Legal Definition
property right
noun1
: a right or interest in or involving property (as real property)
a conflict between environmental regulations and property rights
2
: property interest at interest 3b
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