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To: nihil who wrote (52008)	8/19/1999 3:08:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Perhaps, although under the theory of chattel slavery they were also like cattle, and therefore had defective personhood. The conflict is reflected in the compromise.....

To: nihil who wrote (52008)	8/19/1999 4:37:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chattel" From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Chattel \Chat"tel\, n. [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See {Cattle}.] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. Note: Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc. {Chattel mortgage} (Law), a mortgage on personal property, as distinguished from one on real property. From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn) chattel n : any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc) [syn: {personal chattel}]