Definition of chattel Chattel
/ʧæˈtʌl/ - [chatul] - chat•tel
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What does chattel mean?
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NounPlural: chattels |
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| chattel - personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) | ||
| personal chattel, movable | ||
| personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property movable property (as distinguished from real estate) | ||
| article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chattel (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chattel
chat′l, n. any kind of property which is not freehold, distinguished further into chattels-real and chattels-personal, the latter being mere personal movables—money, plate, cattle, and the like; the former including leasehold interests.—Goods and chattels, all corporeal movables. [O. Fr. chatel—Low L. captale—L. capitale, &c., property, goods.]
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🔤- chattel, noun, singular of chattels.
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