chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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A greenhorn owns the truck which it even got a chattel mortgage on it.
From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass
If we don’t have a good season this summer we will be unable to pay off the chattel mortgage next winter, and will lose the boats.
From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe
The merchant is supposed to be protected against loss by the institution of the crop lien and the chattel mortgage.
From The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution by Holland Thompson
Oh, my tender-hearted little one, can you not see that the bondage is more humiliating, more craven than is the idea of the veriest chattel mortgage?
From A Man and a Woman by Stanley Waterloo
Outfit: To colonists unable to purchase them, the Army furnishes the necessary implements and stock, consisting of the following: Team of horses, cow, hogs, chicken, seed, etc., secured by chattel mortgage.
From The Social Work of the Salvation Army by Edwin Gifford Lamb
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