chattel
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l noun
1.
Law. a movable article of personal property.
2.
any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
3.
a slave.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (often plural) property law |
| a. chattel personal an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc | |
| b. chattel real an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease | |
| 2. | goods and chattels personal property |
| [C13: from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see | |
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Chattel
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
chattel
early 13c., chatel "property, goods," from O.Fr. chatel (see cattle, which is the Norman-Picard form of the same word). Application to slaves (1640s) is a rhetorical figure of abolitionists, etc.
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Example sentences
The amount of the bond is twice the value of the chattel listed in the motion, complaint or affidavit.
However, the fact that a chattel exists does not end the inquiry with regard to preferred venue.
Lease for ninety-nine years is a chattel real and therefore real estate.
They are our companions and our chattel, our family members and our laborers, our household pets and our household pests.
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