Chattel may refer to:
* Chattel, an alternative name for tangible
personal property
Personal property is property that is movable. In common law systems, personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In civil law (legal system), civil law systems, personal property is often called movable property or movables—a ...
* A
chattel house, a type of West Indian dwelling
* A
chattel mortgage
Chattel mortgage, sometimes abbreviated ''CM'', is the legal term for a type of loan contract used in some states with legal systems derived from English law.
Under a typical chattel mortgage, the purchaser borrows funds for the purchase of mov ...
, a security interest over tangible personal property
* Chattel slavery, the most extreme form of
slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...
, in which the enslaved were treated as property
* ''
The Chattel
''The Chattel'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by Frederick A. Thomson and starring stage actor E. H. Sothern. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.114 c.1 ...
'', a 1916 silent film
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