chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Loans secured by chattel mortgage bring higher rates, because the chattels involved are a less certain means of payment than landed estate.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
It looked like a chattel mortgage on Mexico, and what paragraphs didn't commence with "to wit," started off with "do hereby."
From Kid Scanlan by Witwer, H. C. (Harry Charles)
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
I had a chattel mortgage, too, so I got all his fixin's.
From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
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
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