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chattel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chat·tel /ˈtʃætl/ noun [countable]  OWN law old-fashioned a piece of personal property that you can move from one place to another 动产;私人财产 a society in which women are considered to be chattels 视女人为私人财产的社会 goods and chattels
Examples from the Corpus
chattelHowever, the Act abolished detinue, which was wrongful retention of a chattel.The modern wife is considered more of an equal partner and helpmate than a chattel or a housekeeper.Goods and chattels and art and inventions.Woman is not the passive chattel that the tussles of despots, described in the last chapter, have implied.The 12 cousins then decided that Violet should have £5,000, the testator's chattels and the freehold of the bungalow.The Bills of Sale Acts do not apply to documents accompanying transactions in which the possession of the chattels passes.In such cases the sheriff might be ordered to seize the chattels of defaulting regarders.
Origin chattel (1200-1300) Old French chatel property, from Latin capitalis; → CAPITAL2
chat·tel nounChineseSyllable
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chattel
chattel /ˈtʃætl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: chatel __property__, from Latin capitalis; capital2
law old-fashioned a piece of personal property that you can move from one place to another:
    a society in which women are considered to be chattels
goods and chattels


chat·telBrE /ˈtʃætl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃætl/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (law 法律 or old-fashioned) something that belongs to you (个人的)财产,动产   see also goods and chattels