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chattels personal

noun as in personal property

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Chattels personal are divided into choses in possession and choses in action (see Chose).

In some of the States slaves were reckoned as "chattels personal;" in others as "real estate."

Chattels personal are of a tangible, or of an intangible nature.

Chattels personal embrace all personal property other than chattels real.

Personal property is sometimes divided into chattels real and chattels personal.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chattels personal, such as: choses transitory, effects, and personal effects.

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