Chattel Interest
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An interest In corporeal hereditaments less than a freehold. 2 Kent, Comm. 342. There may be a chattel interest in real property, as in case of a lease. Stearns, Real Actions, 115. A term for years, no matter of how long duration, is but a chattel interest, unless declared otherwise" by statute. See the subject fully treated in 1 Washb. Real Prop. 310 et seq.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An interest in corporeal hereditaments less than b 2 Kent 342. There may be a chattel interest in real iy, as in case of a lease; Stearns. Real Act. 115. A term for years, no mat: how long duration, is but a chattel interest, unless declared otherwise by statute. The subject is treated in 1 Washburn. R. P. 310.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An interest in corporeal hereditaments less than a freehold. 2 Kent, Comm. 342.
Defined under Chattel in Black's Law Dictionary.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
An interest in corporeal hereditaments, not amounting to a freehold, as distinguished from a freehold interest; such as an estate for years in land. 1 Steph. Com. 262. 2 Kent's Com. 342. See Burton's Real Prop. ch. 6. A subject of ownership, though in its nature real, may be owned in such a way as to constitute a chattel interest, or personal estate. 1 Hilliard% Real Prop. 51.