What are chattels?

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What are chattels?

Chattels are personal property, not land. The best way to describe them is that they include both things you can physically possess (things in possession) and rights you can enforce or sue on (things in action). This dual scope covers the full idea of chattels as personal property, whether tangible or intangible. Real property is excluded because it refers to land and interests in land, which are not chattels. Intellectual property and licenses are a narrower subset of intangible rights, not the general definition of chattels. And defining chattels as tangible property only would omit intangible rights like debts or claims, which are still personal property.

Chattels are personal property, not land. The best way to describe them is that they include both things you can physically possess (things in possession) and rights you can enforce or sue on (things in action). This dual scope covers the full idea of chattels as personal property, whether tangible or intangible.

Real property is excluded because it refers to land and interests in land, which are not chattels. Intellectual property and licenses are a narrower subset of intangible rights, not the general definition of chattels. And defining chattels as tangible property only would omit intangible rights like debts or claims, which are still personal property.

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