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CAPITAL |
Chattel |
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POSSESSION |
Chattel |
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PERSONAL |
A movable; a chattel. |
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DETINUE |
A form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel
wrongfully detained. |
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CHATTELISM |
The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of
being a chattel. |
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PLEDGE |
To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in
possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch. |
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HEIRLOOM |
Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law
or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any
piece of perso... |
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HIRE |
To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for
temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or
enjoyment o... |
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SLAVE |
...ho is
wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel;
one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are
... |
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DISTRESS |
The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel
out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of
an injury, or fo... |
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HERIOT |
Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military
accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the
death of a tenant; in m... |
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DEODAND |
A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person,
and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown,
to be applied... |