net estate

net estate
The estate of a decedent after deduction of debts, funeral expenses, and expenses of administration. A statutory provision that the share of a testator's widow electing to take against the will shall not exceed one-third of his "net" personal estate, refers to that part of the estate which remains after payment of all charges against the entire estate including federal estate taxes. Re Uihlein's Will, 264 Wis 362, 59 NW2d 641, 38 ALR2d 961. See taxable estate.

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