| 单词 | personal chattel |
| 例句 | Deodand, dē′o-dand, n. in old English law, a personal chattel which had been the immediate, accidental cause of the death of a human being, forfeited to the crown for pious uses. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Land should be made as easily and as cheaply transferable as any personal chattel. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z The bill of sale must have annexed to it an inventory of the chattels comprised in it, and is void, except as against the grantor, in respect of any personal chattels not specifically described. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z As a legal term, the action of distraining or distraint, the right which a landlord has of seizing the personal chattels of his tenant for non-payment of rent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The slave being considered a personal chattel, may be sold, or pledged, or leased, at the will of his master. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans By the common law a slave is still a man: a person, and not a personal chattel. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 To transmit personal chattels to successors in a certain line; and so far, is against the laws of Distribution. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Young women were considered by their parents as personal chattels, subject to sale to the highest suitable bidder, and the payment of the price constituted the main part of the marriage ceremony. Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity Their History, Customs and Traditions They are the personal chattels of one man," he said, "a single individual whom they are ashamed of. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The master can sell him, bequeath him, let him out on hire as a slave, just as any other personal chattel or cattle. Proposed Roads to Freedom This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H The masters have banded themselves together, and have made a set of wicked laws by which nearly four millions of men, women, and children are declared to be their personal chattels, or property. A Child's Anti-Slavery Book Containing a Few Words about American Slave Children and Stories of Slave-Life. It makes all the Christian Science Church Readers on the globe the personal chattels of Mrs. Eddy. Christian Science It was believed that some clue to his secret would be found among his personal chattels, if only in the form of a keepsake, a locket, or a bit of jewelry. The Crusade of the Excelsior |
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