chattel personal

Variant of chattel

chattel definition

chat·tel (c̸hat′'l)

noun

    1. a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock
      in full chattel personal
    2. any interest in real estate less than a freehold
      in full chattel real
  2. a slave

Etymology: ME chatel < OFr: see cattle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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