chattels

The chair is a symbol, said Mr. Hayden, “of the American Dream’, and a level of personal choice that actively looks past the chattels” so prominent in Ward’s original.

In 2021, Ms. Heidemann sought from the court the right to decide what to do with the embryos, based on the property law that governs partitioning by sale, if necessary, of “goods or chattels.”

“As there is no prohibition on the sale of human embryos, they may be valued and sold, and thus may be considered ‘goods or chattels,’” he wrote.

KATE: I take issue with any man who views women merely as chattels and breeding stock!

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