personal property

English

Noun

personal property (countable and uncountable, plural personal properties)

  1. (law) Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate.
    Synonym: personalty
    Hypernym: property
    Hyponym: personal effects (the subset that is on one's person)
    Coordinate terms: real property, real estate, realty
    The lawyers were on about the common law around personal property.
  2. (non-legal) Any property that belongs to one person.
    Hypernyms: private property < property
    Hyponym: personal effects (the subset that is on one's person)
    That pasture is the boss's own personal property. No company cattle and no one else's animals are allowed down there without his written permission.

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