property: Personalty
Personalty
Personal property consists chiefly of movables, that is, portable objects. Typically (but by no means invariably) the owner can by will, gift, or sale determine its distribution (note the contrast with the term
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Development of Property Law
- Limits on Ownership
- Personalty
- Realty
- Nature of Modern Property
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