n. [ OF. chatel; another form of catel. See Cattle. ] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chattel mortgage (Law),
n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel. [ 1913 Webster ]