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Movable

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

That which can be changed in place, as movable property; or in time, as movable feasts or terms of court See Wood v. George, 6 Dana (Ky.) 343 ; Strong v. White, 19 Conn. 245; Goddard v. Winchell, 86 Iowa, 71, 52 N. W. 1124, 17 In R. A. 788, 41 Am. St Rep. 481.

Movable estate. A term equivalent to "personal estate" or "personal property." Den v. Sayre, 3 N. J. Law, 187.

Movable freehold. A term applied by Lord Coke to reni property which is capable of being increased or diminished by natural causes; as where the owner of seashore acquires or loses land as the waters recede or approach. See Holman v. Hodges, 112 Iowa, 714, 84 N. W. 950, 58 In R. A. 673, 84 Am. St Rep. 367.