Chattel may refer to:
* Chattel, an alternative name for tangible
personal property
* A
chattel house, a type of West Indian dwelling
* A
chattel mortgage
Chattel mortgage, sometimes abbreviated ''CM'', is the legal term for a type of loan contract used in some states with legal systems derived from English law.
Under a typical chattel mortgage, the purchaser borrows funds for the purchase of mov ...
, a security interest over tangible personal property
* Chattel slavery, the most extreme form of
slavery
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
, in which the enslaved were treated as property
* ''
The Chattel
''The Chattel'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring stage actor E. H. Sothern. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.114 c.1953 ...
'', a 1916 silent film
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