"Chattel is the legal name for personal and corporate property. It comes from an ancient form of the word cattle. In olden days, a man's wealth was determined by the amount of livestock he owned."
"When you look in the newspapers at real estate auctions, you'll often see the auction is for real estate and 'chattels'. Auctioneers call the buying and selling of chattel... chatteling."
- Gordon Jay Alexander, Chatteling 101: The Beginner's Guide to Chatteling
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