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Law that ex bent to get money from estate? (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wealth tax

'money from estate?' is the definition.
(tax taken from someone's estate)

'law that ex bent' is the wordplay.
'bent' indicates anagramming the letters.
'law'+'that'+'ex'='lawthatex'
'lawthatex' with letters rearranged gives 'WEALTH TAX'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Another definition for wealth tax that I've seen is " Levy".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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