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== Summary of the law== | == Summary of the law== | ||
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Chattels is a legal term that generally refers to a person’s moveable possessions. The term “chattels” generally does not include possessions that cannot be moved (like “real property”; that is, houses or land). This section deals with the rights of an unsecured judgment creditor to have a debtor’s chattels seized to satisfy a judgment debt. Secured creditors (creditors with a security interest in some or all of a debtor’s chattels) have very different legal rights (see the section on [[Types of Lenders and Creditors]]). | Chattels is a legal term that generally refers to a person’s moveable possessions. The term “chattels” generally does not include possessions that cannot be moved (like “real property”; that is, houses or land). This section deals with the rights of an unsecured judgment creditor to have a debtor’s chattels seized to satisfy a judgment debt. Secured creditors (creditors with a security interest in some or all of a debtor’s chattels) have very different legal rights (see the section on [[Types of Lenders and Creditors]]). | ||
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