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- ?Lv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
Chattel can mean slaves or goods, as in "treating women as chattel."
Slaves were sold or traded like goods, and they were called chattel or chattels.
A man's wife and daughters, and any minor children, were also treated like chattel; they did not have individual rights.
- Anonymous10 years ago
1. Law An article of movable personal property.
2. A slave
from Old French chatel personal property
Noun chattel - personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property
- 10 years ago
Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)