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.
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1175–1225; Middle English chatel<Old French. See cattle
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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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