chattel mortgage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chattel mortgage
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Any persons who are competent to make a contract may make a chattel mortgage, and an agent may act for another as in many other cases.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
In the North and West, there are a great mass of farmers' chattel mortgage loans, including loans on horses, grain in cribs, hogs, sheep, cattle, mules, etc.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
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
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
A husband may give a chattel mortgage to his wife, and she in turn can give one to him.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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