personal chattel

personal chattel
England, Wales
Broadly, a personal chattel is a tangible, moveable object (such as a car, or an item of jewellery) used for personal as opposed to business (or some other) use.
In relation to the administration of a deceased person's estate, however, "personal chattels" is given a more precise definition. Section 55(1)(x) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 states that personal chattels are: carriages, horses, stable furniture and effects, motor cars and accessories, garden effects, domestic animals, plate, plated articles, linen, china, glass, books, pictures, prints, furniture, jewellery, articles of house or personal use or ornament, musical or scientific instruments and apparatus, wines, liquors and consumable stores, but do not include any chattels used at the death of the testator or intestate for business purposes, nor money or securities for money.

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