| 词汇 | chattel |
| 释义 | chattel noun[ C ] old use or formaluk /ˈtʃæt.əl/ us /ˈtʃæt̬.əl/ a personal possession: 私人财产 He treated his wife as little more than a chattel.他把他的妻子当作私人财产。 goods and chattels私人财物 Belongings and possessions accoutrements asset belongings capital assets community property estate for lost property lost property office lost-and-found materially name personalty possession property resource stuff swag thing toxic asset chattel | Business Englishchattel noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈtʃætəl/us(alsochattel personal) LAW, PROPERTY a piece of personal property, including something that can be moved, or rights such as copyright and patents, but not usually including land and buildings: If your husband dies intestate you will inherit all personal goods and chattels such as the furniture and car, plus the assets up to £125,000. Where a chattel is unlawfully on the plaintiff's land and has caused actual damage, the plaintiff may retain the chattel until the damage has been paid for. It is appalling that in some divorce situations, kids are treated like chattel, like the dishwasher or the retirement account. Examples of chattelchattel In addition, persistent poor harvests had led to heavy borrowings on chattels, real estate and life insurance policies. Thus, for example, he was allowed to trade in movable chattels, but he could not sell real estate. Moreover, it applies, more or less symmetrically, to one's own person, to land, and to chattels. Marriage fines could be utilized both to keep track of the movements of villein chattels and land and to restrict tenant mobility. The likely outcome is that it would be held to be a chattel. Many defences will rely on the transferability of chattels, though. Markovits notes that while some merchants provided for their mistresses in their wills, "most of them seem to have treated the local women as chattels devoid of any right". No reports have been received on the requisitioning of this camp and the chattels contained in it other than communications of an entirely routine character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 130 acres of land including a cottage, but not the mansion house, and certain furniture and other chattels were requisitioned from the claimant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not simple, everyday chattels that are worthless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to know whether it is intended to include chattels, fittings, fixtures, furniture, objects of art and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As everybody knows, very substantial capital gains are made on some chattels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The total number of conditional exemptions from inheritance tax in relation to chattels granted in the years 1983–84 to 1992–93 is 358. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a husband goes bankrupt, can the woman retain her goods and chattels in the house, as she can if he goes bankrupt now? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen the pitiful procession of goods and chattels loaded on carts and taken to other districts by the people who are seeking work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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