The phrase "high estate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a position of great wealth, power, or social status.
Example: "He was born into a high estate, which afforded him many privileges throughout his life."
Alternatives: "noble status" or "elevated position."
The "slipper wheel of high estate" (Thomas Wyatt's translation from Seneca) has come full circle.
Two are of high estate, according to their clothing, probably a land overseer and an inspector of boundary stones.
The kings of Cambodia, fallen from high estate and often mere vassals of Thailand, could not inspire the rise of a vernacular literature.
There is nothing inevitable about high estate taxation in a democracy — even in an era of fiscal inequality, and even if a country is in fiscal crisis.
It was a custom of the period for men of high estate to assign their remains to more than one burial site often one for the body, one for the heart, and one for the entrails.
The trial was, at times, a salacious and outlandish spectacle, providing a rare look inside a rough-and-tumble business world that is usually hidden behind high estate walls and layers of lawyers and bodyguards.
The reason is the likelihood of a higher estate tax in the future.
In addition, the highest estate and gift tax rate is scheduled to change from the current 35 percent rate to 55 percent in 2013.
But given the vast fortunes being accumulated today, especially in Silicon Valley, higher estate taxes would still leave heirs with "plenty to allow someone a lot of leisure to collect cars or art," Mr. Graetz said.
In 2011 the GST tax rate would be 55%, the highest estate tax rate.
Barron's Inheriting Headaches THOSE LIKELY TO PAY the highest estate tax rates are those with medium-sized inheritances.
