Personal Property

Personal property is a type of property. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels, it is distinguished from real property, or real estate or realty. In the civil law systems personal property is often called movable property or movables, any property that can be moved from one location or another. This term is distinction with immovable property or immovables, such as land, buildings.

The distinction between these types of property is significant for a variety of reasons. Usually one's rights on movables are more attenuated than one's rights on immovables (or real property). The statute of limitations or the prescriptive periods are usually shorter when dealing with personal or movable property. Real property rights usually are enforceable for a much longer period of time and in most jurisdictions real estate or immovables are registered in government sanctioned land registers. In some jurisdictions rights can be registered against personal or movable property.

In the common law it is possible to place a mortgage upon real property. Such mortage requires payment or the owner of the mortgage can seek foreclosure. Personal property can often be secured with similar kind of device called a security interest. There is no similar institution to the mortgage in the civil law, however a hypothec is a device to secure real rights against property. These real rights follow the property along with the ownership. In the common law a lien also remains on the property and it is not extinguished by alienation of the property, liens may be real or equitable.

Synonyms within Context: Personal Property

Modern Usage: Personal Property

Commercial Usage: Personal Property

Domain	Title
Books	British Columbia Personal Property Security Act Handbook (reference) Cases, Problems and Materials on Security Interests in Personal Property (University Casebook Series) (reference) Personal Property in a Nutshell (Nutshell) (reference) Personal Property Law (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Personal Property Journal (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Personal Property (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Mad Twenties/My Personal Property (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Familiar Quotations: Personal Property

Historic Usage: Personal Property

Author	Date	Quotation
Communist Manifesto	1848	When, therefore, capital is converted into common property, into the property of all members of society, personal property is not thereby transformed into social property. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The following classes of contracts are excepted from dissolution by Article 299 and, without prejudice to the rights contained in Article 297 (b) of Section IV, remain in force subject to the application of domestic laws, orders or regulations made during the war by the Allied and Associated Powers and subject to the terms of the contracts: (a) Contracts having for their object the transfer of estates or of real or personal property where the property therein had passed or the object had been delivered before the parties became enemies; (b) Leases and agreements for leases of land and houses (c) Contracts of mortgage, pledge or lien; (d) Concessions concerning mines, quarries or deposits; (e) Contracts between individuals or companies and States provinces, municipalities, or other similar juridical persons charged with administrative functions, and concessions granted by States, provinces, municipalities, or other similar juridical persons charged with administrative functions. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Personal Property

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The transition to a market-oriented economy has fueled construction and increased personal property ownership. (references)
		Unpaid fines have sometimes resulted in confiscation or destruction of homes and personal property by local officials. (references)
Civil Liberties	Djibouti	Although unconfirmed, there were widespread reports that police beat, raped, or stole personal property from those who were arrested and detained. (references)
	Iran	During the operation, which took place in at least 14 different cities, 36 faculty members were arrested, and a variety of personal property, including books, papers, and furniture, either were destroyed or confiscated. (references)
	Iran	The Government's seizure of Baha'i personal property, as well as its denial of access to education and employment, is eroding the economic base of the Baha'i community. (references)
Economic History	Haiti	The Constitution prohibits nationalization and confiscation of real and personal property for political purposes. (references)
	Armenia	Accepting, mediating, and giving bribes is a criminal offense and is punishable by up to 8-15 years imprisonment plus confiscation of personal property for repeated crimes. (references)
	Benin	Secured interests in real and personal property are recognized and enforced. (references)
Human Rights	Afghanistan	Another demining organization working in Kandahar reported to Human Rights Watch that Taliban forces confiscated 1 vehicle on September 26, 3 ambulances on October 3, 9 pick-up trucks on October 11, and 22 additional vehicles on October 15. The forces also looted the office of the organization, taking spare parts, generators, radios, and the personal property of organization personnel. (references)
	Angola	Government personnel frequently confiscated food, including donated relief supplies, livestock, and personal property and did not compensate donors nor affected individuals. (references)
	Egypt	Security agencies frequently place political activists, suspected subversives, journalists, foreigners, and writers under surveillance, screen their correspondence (especially international mail), search them and their homes, and confiscate personal property. (references)
Travel	Norway	Most crimes involve the theft of personal property, e.g., residential burglary, auto theft, or vandalism to parked cars. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	Corporate Taxes: The following taxes are applicable to all legally registered corporations: Tax on corporate profits: 35 percent; National Contribution Tax: 1 percent; Personal Property Tax: 6 percent of the income of subsidiaries of foreign corporations and 12 percent of the income of Ivoirian firms; Payroll Taxes: 2.5 percent for local workers and 16 percent for foreign workers; Workers Compensation: 5 percent for family allowances, 2-5 percent toward industrial injury costs, and 1.8 percent pension contribution. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Personal Property

Modern Translation: Personal Property

Language		Translations for "personal property"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏أملاك شخصية المنقولات. (various references)

Danish		personlige ejendele (personal effects, personal equipment). (various references)

Dutch		persoonlijk goederen. (various references)

French		biens personnels (personal estate). (various references)

German		privateigentum (private property), persönliches eigentum (personal effects), Übersiedlungsgut. (various references)

Greek		προσωπικά είδη (personal effects, personal equipment). (various references)

Hungarian		személyi tulajdon (individual proprietorship, personal estate). (various references)

Italian		beni personali. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		動�"� (personal effects). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		どうさ�" (personal effects). (various references)

Pig Latin		ersonalpay opertypray

Portuguese		propriedade pessoal, bens pessoais. (various references)

Romanian		proprietate personalã (personalty), avere mobilã (chattels, personal estate). (various references)

Spanish		bienes personales, bienes muebles (chattels, goods and chattels, personal assets, personal estate, personalty). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Domain	Definition
Finance	Any property intended for the personal use of the persons concerned or for meeting their household needs. Source: European Union. (references)
	Any property that is not real property. While state laws vary on the definition of personal property, it is generally thought of as the movable items that a person owns. They can be tangible, such as furniture and other merchandise, or intangible, such as stocks and bonds. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Property	Personal property, personal estate, personal effects; personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables; stock, stock in trade; things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia; equipage.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Personal Property (1937)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
personal property tax	43	norfolk personal property	5
personal property	35	personal property record	5
personal property insurance	19	florida personal property tax	5
virginia personal property tax	19	claim insurance list personal property	4
missouri personal property tax	18	ohio personal property	4
ohio personal property tax	13	florida intangible personal property tax	4
fairfax county personal property tax	10	lien personal property	4
personal property appraiser	10	overseas personal property	4
act personal property security	8	california personal property tax	4
navy personal property	8	ontario personal property security act	4
personal property law	7	allowance average claim form insurance personal property	4
personal property tax maryland	7	louis personal property st tax	4
personal property inventory	6	personal property registry	4
personal property appraisal	6	kansas personal property tax	4
tangible personal property	6	county louis personal property st tax	4
personal property tax texas	6	personal property tax va	3
indiana personal property tax	5	carolina personal property south tax	3
auction personal property	5	personal property tax wv	3
maryland personal property	5	definition personal property	3
arkansas personal property tax	5	office personal property	3
		personal property search	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-o-o-p-p-p-r-r-r-s-t-y"
	-5 letters: propraetors.
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Author	Quotation
Norman O. Brown	I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Personal Property

Definition: Personal Property