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chattel [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 NOTE: In some jurisdictions the term chattel is restricted to items of tangible and movable personal property. Other jurisdictions also classify intangible assets and property items as chattels. chattel personal pl: chattels personal : an item of tangible movable personal property (as livestock or an automobile) that is not permanently connected with real estate chattel real pl: chattels real : an interest (as a leasehold or profit a prendre) in an item of immovable property (as land or a building) that is less than a freehold estate compare fixture NOTE: Interests that are considered chattels real have been treated by the common law as personal property despite being interests in real property. ...
chattel real
chattel real see chattel ...
chattel personal
chattel personal see chattel ...
chattel mortgage
chattel mortgage see mortgage ...
chattel paper
chattel paper see paper ...
Real Chattels
Real Chattels. See CHATTELS....
Partition of Chattels
Partition of Chattels. The court may order partition of chattels owned in undivided shares upon application by the persons interested in a moiety or upwards. [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 188]...
Goods and chattels
Goods and chattels, the general denomination of things personal, as distinguished from things real, or lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See CHATTELS....
Incorporeal chattels
Incorporeal chattels, incorporeal rights incident to chattels-e.g., patent rights and copyrights, 2 Steph. Com....
Personal chattels
Personal chattels, goods, money, or moveables, and see the definitions in the Optional Statutory Forms of Wills prescribed under the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 179, by S.R. & O., 1925, No. 780/L.15, and Adm. Of Estates Act, 1925, s. 55....
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