chattel

[ chat-l ]
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noun
  1. Law.Often chattels . a movable article of personal property.

  2. Often chattels . any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.

  1. a human being considered to be property; an enslaved person.

Origin of chattel

1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English chatel, from Old French; see cattle

synonym study For chattel

1. See property.

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British Dictionary definitions for chattel

chattel

/ (ˈtʃætəl) /


noun
  1. (often plural) property law

    • chattel personal an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc

    • chattel real an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease

  2. goods and chattels personal property

Origin of chattel

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C13: from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital 1

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