chattel
[ chat-l ]
/ ˈtʃæt l /
noun
Law. Often chattels. a movable article of personal property.
Often chattels. any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
a slave.
Words nearby chattel
Origin of chattel
synonym study for chattel
1. See property.
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chattel
/ (ˈtʃætəl) /
noun
(often plural) property law
- chattel personal an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc
- chattel real an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease
goods and chattels personal property
Word Origin for chattel
C13: from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital 1
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