chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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He bucked off a chattel mortgage, and that's the way he come into the army.
From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by McElroy, John
"I see," he said, "you are only the caretaker really, the brewer having an assignment of the lease and a chattel mortgage on your fixtures and stock."
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester
In equity, on the other hand, a chattel mortgage, though not good as a conveyance, is valid as an executory agreement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
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 Thompson, Holland
Chattel Mortgage.—A chattel mortgage is a conveyance of personal property, as distinguished from real property, to secure the debt of the lender or mortgagor.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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