chattel real

  • 1chattel real — see chattel Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 2chattel real — UK US noun [C or U] ► LAW, PROPERTY property such as land or a building that is held for a limited amount of time, as on a lease (= an agreement to use property for a fixed period of time) …

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  • 3chattel real — noun (plural chattels real) : a chattel consisting of a right in land that is less than a freehold (as a lease or a growing crop) distinguished from chattel personal * * * chattel real, an interest or lease in land not amounting to a freehold …

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  • 4chattel — chat·tel / chat əl/ n [Old French chatel goods, property, from Medieval Latin capitale, from neuter of capitalis chief, principal see capital]: an item of tangible or intangible personal property; esp: chattel personal in this entry ◇ In some… …

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  • 5chattel — [chat′ l] n. [ME chatel < OFr: see CATTLE] 1. a) a movable item of personal property, as a piece of furniture, an automobile, or a head of livestock: in full chattel personal b) any interest in real estate less than a freehold: in full chattel …

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  • 6Real — Re al (r[=e] al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[ e]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster] Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all… …

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  • 7Real action — Real Re al (r[=e] al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[ e]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster] Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes… …

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  • 8Real assets — Real Re al (r[=e] al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[ e]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster] Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes… …

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  • 9Real composition — Real Re al (r[=e] al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[ e]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster] Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes… …

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  • 10Real estate — Real Re al (r[=e] al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r[ e]el. Cf. {Rebus}.] 1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life. [1913 Webster] Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes… …

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