chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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It looked like a chattel mortgage on Mexico, and what paragraphs didn't commence with "to wit," started off with "do hereby."
From Kid Scanlan by Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles)
The company furnished these on a chattel mortgage at 7 per cent.
From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)
"And here is a bankruptcy-transferral notice, a chattel mortgage, a writ of habeas corpus, and a salary attachment."
From The Status Civilization by Sheckley, Robert
Most of their possessions had been sold, as a chattel mortgage had been given as a last resort to raise the cash for the interest.
From Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains by Webster, Frank V.
Thereupon in marched your implement and other creditors with a chattel mortgage on everything you had—except the missus and the kids and the baby's bottley-by!
From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins
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