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[ chat-l ] / ˈtʃæt l / SEE SYNONYMS FOR chattel ON THESAURUS.COM
nounLaw.Often chattels . a movable article of personal property. Often chattels . any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land. a human being considered to be property; an enslaved person. Origin of chattelFirst recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English chatel, from Old French; see cattle synonym study for chattel1. See property. Words nearby chattelchat show, Chatsworth House, Chattagam, Chattahoochee, Chattanooga, chattel, chattel house, chattel mortgage, chattel slavery, chatter, chatterati Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chattelMaybe no one will be the “husband” (as in, animal husbandry) and no one the chattel. Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along?|Jay Michaelson|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Likely because of his own faith, Carter tries—and fails—to excuse the biblical mandate for reducing women to chattel. Jimmy Carter Was a Lot Better President Than Almost Anyone Ever Admits|David Masciotra|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST Within a century, chattel slavery ceased to exist in virtually every modern nation. How Blacks Freed Themselves from Slavery|Eric Herschthal|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Men, women, and children are stripped naked and inspected like chattel, and later, lynched with impunity. ‘12 Years a Slave,’ Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, Is Mesmerizing|Marlow Stern|August 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The NCAA likes to scrutinize and monitor their chattel in the event that money flows their way from outside jobs. NCAA Championship: The Shame Behind the Game|Evan Weiner|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Many think that any chattel may be made an heirloom by any owner of it. The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope Sixty years had Uncle Bushrod given of faithful service to the house of Weymouth as chattel, servitor, and friend. Roads of Destiny|O. Henry The holder of that boy only did what the laws allowed him to do, and his conduct was in perfect consistency with chattel slavery. The Slavery Question|John Lawrence Nancy McDonald's no sort of chattel to be dealt with any way we fancy. The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum If a frantic legislature pronounces woman a chattel, has it no power, with returning reason, to take back the blasphemy? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
British Dictionary definitions for chattel
noun(often plural) property law - chattel personal an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc
- chattel real an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease
goods and chattels personal property Word Origin for chattelC13: from Old French chatel personal property, from Medieval Latin capitāle wealth; see capital 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chattelgoods, slave, gear, wares, effects, capital, belongings |