chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Twenty-one hundred dollars they got stung for, and they ain't got no chattel mortgage nor nothing.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague
He could get 'em on the installment plan and give back a chattel mortgage, Abe.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Glass, Montague
Joe had lent Sam a hundred dollars, discounted ten per cent, for ninety days, and secured by a chattel mortgage on Sam's horse and wagon.
From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John
I didn’t know for a long time where Mr. Maxwell 298 got the money for me but after a while I discovered that he’d given a chattel mortgage on his books and personal belongings.
From Hepsey Burke by Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)
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.
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