chattels
Example Sentences
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For the first two decades, the firm specialised in managing probate house clearances, cessation of business asset disposals and private chattels.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Among the chattels were two desks, one his, one hers, extras from a summer house they let go.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
Slave society also linked liberty to the power of command, for true freemen gave orders while chattels followed them.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
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“When a beloved parent dies, what is being parcelled out may look like goods and chattels, but it feels a lot like love,” she wrote.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015
The three surviving fiery fingers had not been sold yet, but they were chattels of the Lord of Light and could count on being bought back by some red temple.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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