personalty
Belongings, not land
Personalty is a legal term for personal property—movable possessions as opposed to real estate.
A person's personalty includes furniture, vehicles, jewelry, and cash, but not land or buildings attached to land.
The term appears mainly in wills, trusts, and estate law: The deceased's personalty was divided among her children.
Movable personal property
- movablesTransportable personal property
- tangiblesObjects with physical existence
- intangiblesThings beyond physical grasp
- assetsOwned items of value
effects · goods · belongings · possessions · holdings · corporeal · incorporeal · transferable
Movable room objects
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- vehiclesMachines for transportation
- equipmentTools for a task
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
appliances · electronics · clothing · artwork · antiques · collectibles · tools · instruments
Gift left by will
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
will · legacy · testator · intestate · decedent · legatee · codicil · succession
Tradeable financial assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
dividends · portfolio · investments · bank accounts · certificates · promissory notes · insurance policies · annuities
chattels
Movable personal property
- movablesTransportable personal property
- tangiblesObjects with physical existence
- intangiblesThings beyond physical grasp
assets · effects · goods · belongings · possessions · holdings · corporeal · incorporeal · transferable · alienable
furniture
Movable room objects
machinery · appliances · electronics · clothing · artwork · antiques · collectibles · tools · instruments · books
bequest
Gift left by will
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- executorAppointed estate manager
beneficiary · will · legacy · testator · intestate · decedent · legatee · codicil · succession · trustee
securities
Tradeable financial assets
equities · dividends · portfolio · investments · bank accounts · certificates · promissory notes · insurance policies · annuities · mutual funds
personaltyrealty
Immovable property ownership
real property · real estate · immovables · land · landed property
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- personal essaysNonfiction exploring the author's life
- nothing personalDisclaimer before criticism
- personal rightsLegally protected individual freedoms
- personal computerIndividual-use computing machine
- personal lifeOne's non-professional existence