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personalty

[ pur-suh-nl-tee ]

noun

, Law.
, plural per·son·al·ties.
  1. personal estate or property.


personalty

/ ˈpɜːsənəltɪ /

noun

  1. law another word for personal property
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of personalty1

1600–10; < Anglo-French personalte < Late Latin persōnālitās personality
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Word History and Origins

Origin of personalty1

C16: from Anglo-French, from Late Latin persōnālitās personality
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Example Sentences

Rosenwald said some of the rhetoric of conservative talk personalties is driven by a chicken-and-egg issue.

It is interpreted so as to give, in many cases, more to the eldest son than the real estate and his share of the personalty.

She can with such money acquire personalty or realty, over the former of which she has absolute control.

(b.) if personalty yields the same income, or is of the capital value of four thousand pounds or upwards, free of all charges.

No inconsiderable part of this personalty was invested in shipping and manufacturing.

The assessment of the realty was made in 1853; that of the personalty is made in March of each year.

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