personalty

[ pur-suh-nl-tee ]

/ ˈpɜr sə nl ti /

noun, plural per·son·al·ties. Law.

personal estate or property.

Nearby words

personality test, personality type, personalize, personalized medicine, personally, personalty, personate, personhood, personification, personify, personned

Origin of personalty

1600–10; < Anglo-French personalte < Late Latin persōnālitās personality

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Examples from the Web for personalty

His mansion, realty and personalty includes what they have jointly earned as well as that of which he was possessed at marriage.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)|Various
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.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848|Various
No good reason can be shown why the process should not be applied to personalty and to debts as well as to land.
Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)|William Henry Hurlbert
(b.) if personalty yields the same income, or is of the capital value of four thousand pounds or upwards, free of all charges.
England's Case Against Home Rule|Albert Venn Dicey

To the best of my recollections, the personalty was about six hundred thousand francs.
Colonel Chabert|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for personalty

personalty

/ (ˈpɜːsənəltɪ) /

noun plural -ties

law another word for personal property

Word Origin for personalty

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

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