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Definition of Personal property
1. Noun. Movable property (as distinguished from real estate).
Generic synonyms: Belongings, Holding, Property
Specialized synonyms: Chattel, Movable, Personal Chattel, Effects, Personal Effects, Clobber, Stuff
Definition of Personal property
1. Noun. (legal) Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Personal Property
Literary usage of Personal property
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by North Dakota State Budget Board (1912)
"It is the belief of that commission, "that we are fast drifting away from personal
property towards a tax on land only." While the value of the personal ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
""All distilled spirits or wines and personal property, found in the distillery,
or in any building, room, yard or inclosure connected therewith, ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"A promissory note given by a purchaser of personal property, in which It is ...
COBB, J. Any person having a mortgage on personal property to secure a debt ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"Except, however, in the term of prescription, the civil law scarcely made any
difference in the regulation of real and personal property. ..."
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