chattels

Example Sentences

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While WhatsApp alleges trespass to chattels, Apple alleges unjust enrichment based upon defendants’ granting third-parties access to Apple’s server without compensating Apple for its costs to investigate and remediate the breaches.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2021

In his will, George Washington offered freedom to his own human chattels upon the death of his wife, Martha.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Yes, I know, the marital bargain has changed: women are no longer chattels.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2018

Excluded in the sale but available for separate purchase were the household furniture, machinery and "the chattels within the house."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2015

The workers departed, taking with them their goods and chattels, leaving only the empty huts behind.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya