chattel

Modern monarchs have to various degrees expressed remorse for Britain's central role in chattel slavery, but none has yet formally apologised, and debt-laden London has balked at the idea of financial compensation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Ms. Southon has worked equally hard to find surviving traces that offer us glimpses into what it was like to be living chattel under Roman rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

The draft communique says a majority of member states “share common historical experiences in relation to this abhorrent trade, chattel enslavement, the debilitation and dispossession of indigenous people”.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

They had only the afternoon to learn the ways of chattel.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

But suits for trespass to chattels generally require some proof of damage.

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