law of personal property

  • 1personal property — see property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. personal property …

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  • 2personal property capable of being inherited — index hereditament Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3Personal property — For other uses, see Personal property (disambiguation). Property law …

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  • 4Personal property — Personal Per son*al (p[ e]r s[u^]n*al), a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. [1913 Webster] Every man so termed by way of personal difference. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to a …

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  • 5Personal Property Security Act — PPSA Personal Property Security Act The system, for example, in British Columbia and most common law provinces, whereby a person is required to register any interest that he has in the property of another before the security is valid. The… …

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  • 6personal property — ► NOUN Law ▪ all of someone s property except land and buildings. Compare with REAL PROPERTY(Cf. ↑real property) …

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  • 7personal property — Defined by law to be all property that is not real property. Further classified in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code into various categories. American Banker Glossary Any assets other than real estate. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * *… …

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  • 8Personal Property — A type of property which, in its most general definition, can include any asset other than real estate. The distinguishing factor between personal property and real estate is that personal property is movable. That is, the asset is not fixed… …

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  • 9tangible personal property — Personal property that can be felt or touched. Examples include furniture, cars, jewelry, and artwork. In contrast, cash and checking accounts are not tangible personal property. The law is unsettled as to whether computer data is tangible… …

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  • 10tangible personal property memorandum — (TPPM) A legal document that is referred to in a will and used to guide the distribution of tangible personal property. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …

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