chattel
Legally owned thing
Chattel is personal property that can be moved, as opposed to real estate.
The word appears most often in legal contexts: goods and chattels.
Historically, enslaved people were classified as chattels—property to be bought, sold, and inherited.
The term persists in chattel slavery to emphasize the reduction of humans to movable goods.
Something owned or inherent
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- possessionState of owning
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
enslavement · indenture · conveyance · title · deed · transfer · alienation · encumbrance
Movable room objects
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- equipmentTools for a task
machinery · clothing · books · artwork · instruments · tools · appliances · utensils
Secured home loan
- collateralSecurity for debt
- securityProtection from threat
- assetItem of value owned
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
appraisal · liquidation · creditor · debtor · pledge · secured loan · repossession · default
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- successionFollowing in order
will · testament · patrimony · legacy · birthright · devise · probate · intestate
property
Something owned or inherent
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- possessionState of owning
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
servitude · enslavement · indenture · conveyance · title · deed · transfer · alienation · encumbrance · lien
furniture
Movable room objects
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
equipment · machinery · clothing · books · artwork · instruments · tools · appliances · utensils · goods
mortgage
Secured home loan
- collateralSecurity for debt
- securityProtection from threat
- assetItem of value owned
valuation · appraisal · liquidation · creditor · debtor · pledge · secured loan · repossession · default
bequest
Gift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- heirOne who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
succession · will · testament · patrimony · legacy · birthright · devise · probate · intestate · distribution
- bailmentbailment, bailee, bailor, entrustment, safekeeping
- ownershipowner, own, ownership, possess, proprietorship
- propertyproperty, land, ownership, house, home
- slaveryenslaved, slave, enslavement, slave traders, slave ships
- oppressedslave, serf, captive, prisoner, hostage
- personal propertypersonalty, movables, belongings, possessions, goods
chattelreal property
Land plus permanent attachments
real estate · immovables · realty · land · landed property
chattelfreeman
Unchained person with rights
freedman · freedwoman · citizen · free agent
chattelmaster
Authority or controller
owner · slaveholder · enslaver · slaveowner · proprietor
- chattel slaveryPersons owned as movable property
- chattel mortgageLoan secured by possessions
- chattel slavesPersons owned as movable property
- human chattelEnslaved persons as assets