Associations to the word «Chattel»

Wiktionary

CHATTEL, noun. Tangible, movable property.
CHATTEL, noun. A slave.
CHATTEL HOUSE, noun. (Barbados) A small moveable wooden house occupied by working-class people.
CHATTEL PAPER, noun. (legal) A document that demonstrates both a monetary obligation and a security interest either in certain goods, or in a lease on certain goods
CHATTEL PAPERS, noun. Plural of chattel paper

Dictionary definition

CHATTEL, noun. Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc).

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams