Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Personal property.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, personal property, in distinction from
realty , or real property. Seepersonal , real.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The state of being a person; personality.
- noun (Law) Personal property, as distinguished from realty or real property.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law Any
property that ismovable ; that is, notreal estate . - noun The state of being a
person ;personality .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun movable property (as distinguished from real estate)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If Jacob had died intestate Barthorpe would have taken what we may call everything, for his uncle's property is practically all in the shape of real estate, in comparison to which the personalty is a mere nothing.
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And the word you're looking for is "personalty" I think.
Why not qualify the taking away of virtual objects as theft? 2008
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394 U.S. 576, 616 (1969), that "the flag is a special kind of personalty," a form of property "burdened with peculiar obligations and restrictions."
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394 U.S. 576, 616 (1969), that "the flag is a special kind of personalty," a form of property "burdened with peculiar obligations and restrictions."
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Well he dont need proof cause all of us know the truth about you and you muti personalty trolls of the cult kind.
Think Progress » Democratic Offices Vandalized In Days Surrounding Health Care Vote 2010
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Probate records were not complete: many people died intestate without probate, most probate records list realty only, and the detailed personalty lists were usually in case of estate auction to settle debts.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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It also shows that it is believable this "cult of personalty driven" and out of touch admin could have friends like these.
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Colonial American realty never included outhouses and personalty never included chamberpots; the broken glasses and bent spoons are not there either.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A New Book Coming Soon from Michael Bellesiles 2010
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I think it was called red state and I personalty was kinda looking forward to it.
Seann William Scott to Star In Kevin Smith’s Hit Somebody | /Film 2010
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Rajeev had a down to earth personalty; he was a humble man and had a enviable human side while dealing with the issues in early stage ventures.
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