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  2. Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland [e] is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles.

  3. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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    Eminent domain [a], also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption/compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation [f], is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.

  4. History of inheritance taxes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A general direction to sell land will render it liable to legacy duty, [26] unless coupled with a direction to invest the proceeds in other real estate, [27] or where a sale is made by order of the court for purposes unconnected with the trust. [28] At the time of transfer (i.e., satisfaction, payment or discharge) of the legacy.

  5. List of historical acts of tax resistance - Wikipedia

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    At the union with Scotland in 1707, most taxes were made uniform, but under the Treaty of Union, Scotland was given a temporary exemption from the malt tax until the end of the war. After the war, in 1725, the House of Commons applied a new malt tax which applied throughout Great Britain, but charged at only half the rate in Scotland. Scots ...

  6. Gentrification - Wikipedia

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    The most common, formal legal mechanism for such stability in English speaking countries is the community land trust; moreover, many inclusionary zoning ordinances formally place the "inclusionary" housing units in a land trust. German municipalities and other cooperative actors have and maintain strong roles on the real estate markets in their ...

  7. Fred Trump - Wikipedia

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    This and similar real-estate ventures quickly brought him fame as one of New York City's most successful businessmen. [ 49 ] [ 34 ] Trump made use of loan subsidies created by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) not long after the program was initiated via the National Housing Act of 1934 , [ 27 ] which also enabled the discriminatory ...

  8. The Trump Organization - Wikipedia

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    Trump has generated more than $74 million in real estate licensing deals and has $823.3 million worth of real estate in joint ventures. [181] Manhattan: Trump Palace: 200 East 69th Street, New York, NY. Trump Parc and Trump Parc East: Two adjoining buildings on Central Park South on the southwest corner of The Avenue of the Americas. Trump Parc ...