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chattel [ˈtʃætəl] n
1. (Law) (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 (Law) goods and chattels personal property [from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital1] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| This fully explains what is the nature of a slave, and what are his capacities; for that being who by nature is nothing of himself, but totally another's, and is a man, is a slave by nature; and that man who is the property of another, is his mere chattel, though he continues a man; but a chattel is an instrument for use, separate from the body. By giving a chattel mortgage on their growing wheat, they borrowed enough, at twenty per cent, to buy seed corn and a plow. She was the chattel of the Minota's splendid skipper. |
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