chattel

Home > ... > Social Sciences and the Law > Law > Law > ...

chattel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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. Otherwise the term also includes chattels real, i.e., those estates in land that do not constitute a freehold.

Hide all research tools
Print this article Print all entries for this topic Cite this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-chattel" title="Facts and information about chattel">chattel</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usBookmark this article on DiigoShare this article on FacebookSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

"chattel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 22 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"chattel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (November 22, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-chattel.html

"chattel." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-chattel.html

Learn more about citation styles

chattel

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

chattel †property XIII; movable possession; property other than real estate XVI. — OF. chatel (cf. CATTLE) :- medL. capitāle; see CAPITAL 1.
Hide all research tools
Print this article Print all entries for this topic Cite this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O27-chattel" title="Facts and information about chattel">chattel</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usBookmark this article on DiigoShare this article on FacebookSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

T. F. HOAD. "chattel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 22 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "chattel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (November 22, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chattel.html

T. F. HOAD. "chattel." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved November 22, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-chattel.html

Learn more about citation styles

chattel

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

chat·tel / ˈchatl/ • n. (in general use) a personal possession. ∎  Law an item of property other than real estate. See also goods and chattels.

Hide all research tools
Print this article Print all entries for this topic Cite this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O999-chattel" title="Facts and information about chattel">chattel</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usBookmark this article on DiigoShare this article on FacebookSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

"chattel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 22 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"chattel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (November 22, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chattel.html

"chattel." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved November 22, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-chattel.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article The new abolitionists.(efforts of Abolitionist Leadership Council to end chattel slavery in Africa)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/15/1997
Free Article The Economy and Material Culture of Slaves: Goods and Chattels on the Sugar Plantations of Jamaica and Louisiana.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 6/22/1995
Free Article The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord; 3/1/2009

Facts and information from other sites

Related topics

  Edit this list

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

Chattel mortgage likely to be approved
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 6/21/2005; 375 words ; Chattel mortgage likely to be approved BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Chattel or movable properties are very likely to be approved...Law on Property Rights and is considering adding chattel into acceptable mortgage guaranties. Although a...
The Chattel Principle: Internal Slave Trades in the Americas.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; The Chattel Principle: Internal Slave Trades in the...dimensions of slavery and the slave trade. The Chattel Principle encapsulates such topics as the...omissions, though not grave, make The Chattel Principle seem imbalanced. The penultimate...
Revenue on trail of the chattel classes Lisa Spearman on the tax issues if you make a gift of antiques
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...capital gains tax (CGT). Before 1970, chattels - physical movable objects such as antiques...year. They also get a "disposal of chattels" allowance on top of this, which is...Inland Revenue nothing. If you gift a chattel, the same rules apply. However, some...
Personal Finance: Antiques can offer up some tax advantages There are benefits to be had from collecting chattels.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/25/2000; ; 575 words ; ...free. Assets like these are defined as chattels, a 13th century word meaning items of...pounds 6,000 of sale proceeds from a chattel is tax-free. Where your proceeds fall...pounds 6,000. Say that you bought a chattel for pounds 3,333, and later sold it...
Children 'treated like chattels'
Newspaper article from: The Press; 8/29/2000; ; 442 words ; Under law children are sometimes treated like chattels when their parents divorce, says the Commissioner for Children...important. Up until now children have been looked on as chattels or appendages that are owned," Mr McClay said. "Quite...
U.S., German Inventors Develop Chattel Management Apparatus
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/24/2008; 442 words ; ...Gazdzinski of San Diego, have developed aN apparatus of chattel management. According to the abstract released by the U...Apparatus and methods for tracking or otherwise accounting for chattel (e.g., personal property such as keys, pocket knives...
The new abolitionists.(efforts of Abolitionist Leadership Council to end chattel slavery in Africa)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/15/1997; 700+ words ; ...to help end the buying and selling of Africans in a thriving chattel slavery market. At a mid-December press conference, members...reunite them with their families. "I am here today because chattel slavery in Sudan is not a dying practice of the ancient past...
Ward's chattels sold at auction
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/17/1999; 396 words ; TIMARU -- Chattels have gone under the auctioneer's hammer in preparation for theJean Todd maternity ward's fall to the demolition hammer. Nearly...
Children as Tribal Chattel
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/6/1996; 419 words ; ...be German, French or Native American." Mr. McCarthy does not address this question: Why can Native American children be treated as chattel? PATRICK D. PURTILL Director for Government Relations National Council for Adoption Washington
Letter: Wife not his chattel.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/2/2009; 343 words ; ...place to speak for Mr Jones, but I suspect he reconciles his opinion with that of his wife largely on the basis that his wife is not his chattel, unlike the situation in the world inhabited by Mr Rees. DAVID WALTERS Trecynon, Aberdare

Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture

See more pictures of chattel

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Popular on Newser:

Beck Will Host Conventions to Educate America

(11/21/2009 11:06:05 PM)
Beware 12 Scams of Christmas

(11/21/2009 9:12:02 PM)
Senate Democrats Clear Health Care Hurdle, 60-39

(11/22/2009 1:13:03 AM)
The Decade's Best Quotes

(11/21/2009 11:48:03 AM)
Amanda Knox: Murder Charges 'Pure Fantasy'

(11/21/2009 7:05:02 PM)