chattels
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That find was the common-law tort of trespass to chattels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
The workers departed, taking with them their goods and chattels, leaving only the empty huts behind.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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