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chattel
chattel , in law, any property other than a freehold estate in land (see tenure ). A chattel is treated as personal property rather than real property regardless of whether it is movable or immovable (see property ). Certain uses of the term (e.g., chattel mortgage) refer only to movable property....
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Richard J. Riordan
Richard J. Riordan , 1930-, American businessman and politician, b. Flushing, N.Y. He moved to Los Angeles, where he amassed a fortune through venture capitalism, real estate investment, and leveraged buyouts. In 1993 the conservative Riordan was elected mayor of Los Angeles, the first Republican to...
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Lake Forest
Lake Forest city (1990 pop. 17,836), Lake co., NE Ill., a prestigious residential suburb of Chicago, on Lake Michigan; inc. 1861. The city is known for its scenic lakefront and impressive estates. It is the seat of Lake Forest College, Barat College, and two preparatory schools.
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Margaret Brent
Margaret Brent 1600?-1671?, early American feminist, b. Gloucester, England. With her two brothers and a sister, she left England to settle (1638) in St. Marys City, Md., where she acquired an extensive estate; she was the first woman in Maryland to hold land in her own right. Under the will of Gov...
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Hollywood
Hollywood 1 Community within the city of Los Angeles, S Calif., on the slopes of the Santa Monica Mts.; inc. 1903, consolidated with Los Angeles 1910. Most major film and television studios and their executive offices, once located in Hollywood, have moved to nearby areas and suburbs. Although ma...
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Fugger
Fugger , German family of merchant princes. The foundation of their wealth was laid by Hans Fugger, allegedly a weaver, who moved to Augsburg in 1367. His descendants built up the family fortune by trade and banking. With Jacob Fugger II, 1459-1525, called Jacob the Rich, the house entered its z...
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freehold
freehold An estate in land that is now usually held in fee simple. Land that is not freehold will be leasehold land....
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Josh Billings
Josh Billings pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw, 1818-85, American humorist and lecturer, b. Lanesboro, Mass. After a roving life as farmer, explorer, and coal miner, he settled in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., as an auctioneer and real estate dealer. In 1860 he began to write humorous sketches and homespun p...
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John Evans
John Evans 1814-97, American founder of educational institutions, b. Waynesville, Ohio, grad. Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, 1838. He practiced medicine in Indiana and was the first superintendent (1845) of the state hospital for the insane, which he had helped establish. In 1848 he went to Chic...
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation
Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC), former U.S. government agency established in 1933 to help stabilize real estate that had depreciated during the depression and to refinance the urban mortgage debt. It granted long-term mortgage loans to some 1 million homeowners facing loss of their property. ...
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