HOW TO PRONOUNCE
chattel
/ˈtʃætəl/
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What does chattel mean?
noun
- Tangible, movable property.
- A slave.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃætəl/
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The chattel mortgage was, of course, turned over to the New York assignees with the other property.
He was unprepared to behold with composure a beautiful white girl of sixteen in the degraded position of a chattel slave.
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Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state.
The master can sell him, bequeath him, let him out on hire as a slave, just as any other personal chattel or cattle.
This same gentleman, having heard of the fame of George’s invention, took a ride over to the factory, to see what this intelligent chattel had been about.