chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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The chattel mortgage scrolls in the office of the recorder of Fraser County indicated that his printing-press no longer owed allegiance to the Honorable Morton Bassett.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
I had a chattel mortgage, too, so I got all his fixin's.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
A greenhorn owns the truck which it even got a chattel mortgage on it.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
They owed so much at the stores at the Forge; and the principal and interest on the chattel mortgage must be found before New Year or they would lose their fleet of boats.
From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Marlowe, Amy Bell
Farnsworth, Gregory remembered, had regarded the chattel mortgage on Lang's boats and equipment as a most doubtful asset.
From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
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