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- Dictionarychattel/ˈtʃatl/
noun
- 1. (in general use) a personal possession.
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The meaning of CHATTEL is an item of tangible movable or immovable property except real estate and things (such as buildings) connected with real property —sometimes used as a mass noun. How to use chattel in a sentence.
a piece of personal property, including something that can be moved, or rights such as copyright and patents, but not usually including land and buildings: If your husband dies intestate you will inherit all personal goods and chattels such as the furniture and car, plus the assets up to £125,000.
a piece of personal property, including something that can be moved, or rights such as copyright and patents, but not usually including land and buildings: If your husband dies intestate you will inherit all personal goods and chattels such as the furniture and car, plus the assets up to £125,000.
chattel. noun. /ˈtʃætl/. /ˈtʃætl/. [countable, uncountable] (law or old-fashioned) something that belongs to you. Women are now considered as equal partners, not as chattels or housekeepers. Enslaved people were considered as chattel, property rather than human beings. see also goods and chattels.
1. (Law) (often plural) property law. a. chattel personal an item of movable personal property, such as furniture, domestic animals, etc. b. chattel real an interest in land less than a freehold, such as a lease. 2. (Law) goods and chattels personal property.
noun. 1. a. a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock. : in full chattel personal. b. any interest in real estate less than a freehold. : in full chattel real. 2.
Chattel refers to personal items, as opposed to actual land property. It was once used to describe slaves and cattle, which is why referring to something or someone as chattel isn't very nice — you're essentially saying they're just property, somehow less than human.
