chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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When a loan application has been acted upon favorably, a promissory note and chattel mortgage are taken.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
"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
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)
They owed so much at the stores at the Forge; and the principal and interest on the chattel mortgage must be found before New Year or they would lose their fleet of boats.
From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Marlowe, Amy Bell
He was to pay the rent, receiving a sub-lease from Bohlmann, who was only a lesee himself, and to give a chattel mortgage on the stock supplied him.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
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