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mov⋅a⋅ble

[moo-vuh-buhl]
–adjective
1. capable of being moved; not fixed in one place, position, or posture.
2. Law. (of property)
a. not permanent in reference to place; capable of being moved without injury.
b. personal, as distinguished from real.
3. changing from one date to another in different years: a movable holiday.
4. (of type or matrices) able to be rearranged.
–noun
5. an article of furniture that is not fixed in place.
6. Often, movables. Law. an article of personal property not attached to land.
Also, moveable.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME mevable, movable < AF movable. See move, -able


mov⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, mov⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
mov⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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Main Entry: movable
Variant: or moveable
Function: noun
: an item of movable property; also : a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property movables> —often used in pl. —compare IMMOVABLE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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