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chattel

chat·tel [ chátt'l ] (plural chat·tels)


noun 
Definition:
 
movable property: an item of personal property that is not freehold land and is not intangible. Chattels are typically movable property chattels personal, e.g. furniture or cars, but may also be interests in property chattels real, e.g. leases.

[13th century. Via Old French chatel "property" < Latin capitalis (see capital1)]
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