Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
personal chattel — England, Wales Broadly, a personal chattel is a tangible, moveable object (such as a car, or an item of jewellery) used for personal as opposed to business (or some other) use. In relation to the administration of a deceased person s estate,… … Law dictionary
personal chattel — noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) • Syn: ↑chattel, ↑movable • Topics: ↑furniture, ↑piece of furniture, ↑article of furniture, ↑car, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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 personal — see chattel Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … 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 — /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
personal — Appertaining to the person; belonging to an individual; limited to the person; having the nature or partaking of the qualities of human beings, or of movable property. In re Steimes Estate, 150 Misc. 279, 270 N.Y.S. 339. As to personal action… … Black's law dictionary
personal estate — noun movable property (as distinguished from real estate) • Syn: ↑personal property, ↑personalty, ↑private property • Hypernyms: ↑property, ↑belongings, ↑holding • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
personal property — noun movable property (as distinguished from real estate) (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑personal estate, ↑personalty, ↑private property • Hypernyms: ↑property, ↑belongings, ↑holding … Useful english dictionary
chattel real — noun (plural chattels real) : a chattel consisting of a right in land that is less than a freehold (as a lease or a growing crop) distinguished from chattel personal * * * chattel real, an interest or lease in land not amounting to a freehold … Useful english dictionary
