Goods

[Lat. &ona; Fr. bieas.] A term applied to certain descriptions of things moveable, and said to be one " of large signification."

Wilde, J., 3 Metcalfe R. 367.

In some of its connections, however, it is of more extensive import than in others.

Story, J., 2 ^Sf^ory'* i?. 62.

Strictly, it seems to be applicable only to inanimate moveables, being in this respect less comprehensive than chattels which include animals.

I ChitL Gen. Pr. 89, 90. 2 Chitt. BL Com. 384, note.

Nor does it, according to Blackstone, embrace every variety even of inanimate property, goods bein^ classed by him with plate, money, jewels, implements of war, garments and vegetable productions, as so many species of manimate things.

2 BL Com. 389.

So it has been held that the term ** goods'* in a deed or contract will not, in general, include fixtures.

1 Chitt Gen. Pr. 90.

In the United States, goods have been held to include money, bank notes and coin, promissory notes and the stock or shares of an incorporated company.

5 Mason's R. 537. See 2 Story's R. 62. 3 Metcalfe R. 866. 20 Pick. R. 9.

See Bowi, Chattels. In wills, the term goods is taken in a large sense, and will comprise the entire personal estate of a testator, unless restrained by the context within narrower limits. 1 Jarman on Wills, 692, (694, Perkins' ed. 1 849.) It is called nomen generalissimum, and when construed in thp abstract will embrace all the personal estate of a testator, as stock, bonds, notes, money, plate, furniture, <fec.

1 Roper on Legacies, 250. Ward on Legacies, 208, 209. Story, J., 2 Story's i?. 53.

See Household goods. Good, in the singular, is rarely used.

2 Bl. Com. 424, 425.