1.   During the course of the war, his former estate was seized by the Union army, which made it a headquarters.

2.   Former private estate.

3.   His property sits on a former estate and a tiny, man-made stream runs through it.

4.   Last year, he bought eight lots of a former New Canaan estate called Stoneleigh from an investor who had bought it from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

5.   McNair and his wife, Janice, also bought the former Greentree estate adjoining the Saratoga backstretch.

6.   New luxury single-family home development is not restricted to former estates.

7.   The largest larch tree in the country still stands on North Street and some of the best trees in town are on the sites of former estates.

8.   Customers can also book a room at The Point, a former Rockefeller estate in the Adirondacks.

9.   Greece will not return former estates to the deposed royal family nor pay any compensation for them, the government said Tuesday.

10.   On Monday, Juan Carlos and Sophia paid a private visit to the former royal estate north of Athens to visit family graves.