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MOVABLE CHATTEL [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Choses in possession ... such as furniture, horses and generally all goods and merchandise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The act of abandoning a chattel or movable...(Osborn's, 7th ed., 1983, p. 115)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

abandon : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

(T)o deliver (personal property) to another under an agreement express or implied that some special purpose be accomplished by the bailee with respect to the property and that at some time the property be returned to the bailor. (Webster’s, 1976).

CONT

(M) edieval law had "but a meagre stock of words" to describe dealings with movable goods. The owner was said to bail(bailler) his chattel "whenever and for whatever purpose" he delivered possession of it to another, although in later times bailment was restricted to cases in which there was no transfer of ownership.(Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p. 71).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

bailler : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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