chattel

chattel
Synonyms and related words:
acquest, belongings, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel slave, chattels, churl, concubine, debt slave, effects, estate and effects, galley slave, goods, havings, helot, hereditament, holdings, homager, incorporeal hereditament, lares and penates, liege, liege man, liege subject, movables, odalisque, peon, possessions, properties, property, serf, servant, slave, subject, theow, things, thrall, vassal, villein

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  • chattel — chat·tel / chat əl/ n [Old French chatel goods, property, from Medieval Latin capitale, from neuter of capitalis chief, principal see capital]: an item of tangible or intangible personal property; esp: chattel personal in this entry ◇ In some… …   Law dictionary

  • chattel — [chat′ l] n. [ME chatel < OFr: see CATTLE] 1. a) a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock: in full chattel personal b) any interest in real estate less than a freehold: in full chattel …   English World dictionary

  • Chattel — Chat tel, n. [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See {Cattle}.] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chattel — Assets that are movable and not attached to land or real property. (Dictionary of Canadian Bankruptcy Terms) United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …   Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • chattel — (n.) early 13c., chatel property, goods, from O.Fr. chatel chattels, goods, wealth, possessions, property; profit; cattle, from L.L. capitale property (see CATTLE (Cf. cattle), which is the Old North French form of the same word). Application to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • chattel — ► NOUN ▪ a personal possession. ORIGIN Old French chatel, from Latin caput head …   English terms dictionary

  • chattel — An archaic term for personal property that was common in many states before the adoption of the UCC. The term is used almost exclusively by bankers and lawyers who were trained before the adoption of the code. American Banker Glossary * * *… …   Financial and business terms

  • Chattel — Personal property that is movable. Chattel can be either animate or inanimate personal property and can be borrowed against using a chattel mortgage. It typically excludes freehold land and items such as fixtures or equipment permanently attached …   Investment dictionary

  • chattel — /chatal/ An article of personal property, as distinguished from real property. A thing personal and movable. It may refer to animate as well as inanimate property. See also goods property (personal property). personal chattel Movable things.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • chattel — /chatal/ An article of personal property, as distinguished from real property. A thing personal and movable. It may refer to animate as well as inanimate property. See also goods property (personal property). personal chattel Movable things.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • chattel — UK [ˈtʃæt(ə)l] / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms chattel : singular chattel plural chattels legal something that you own • See: goods and chattels …   English dictionary

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