Chattels

Chattels were easy to hide, and intangibles most furtive of all.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Chattels were easy to hide, and intangibles most furtive of all.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Chattels were easy to hide, and intangibles most furtive of all.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

Fitzgerald and John Davis the Sum of £5 each of good and lawful Money of Great Britain to be made and levied of their Good & Chattels respectively to the use of our Lord the King his Heirs and Successors if the said Ellen Veal and Mary Bowin shall make default in the conditions hereunder written

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Even before the passage of the Chattels Real Act, however, southern Avalon courts had tended to favor the distribution of real property in intestate estates as chattels real.

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Note 53: Chattels real refers to an interest in real property that was less than freehold interest — such as leasehold interest in land. back

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Chattels were also often quite equitably divided between heirs of both sexes, in a manner that reflected a concern to provide some means of support for all family members.

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Indeed, this interpretation was made law by the fledgling Newfoundland legislature in 1834 with the passage of the Chattels Real Act (4 Wm. IV, Cap. 18).

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When the constant refrain was 'Chattels and goods had he none'?

The Dirty Duck Grimes, Martha 1984

When the constant refrain was 'Chattels and goods had he none'?

the dirty duck Grimes, Martha 1984