In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CHATTEL
chattel, personal chattel, movable
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chattel (plural chattels)
Tangible, movable property.
A slave.
Anagrams
• latchet
Source: Wiktionary
Chat"tel, n. Etym: [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See Cattle.] (Law)
Definition: Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects.
Note: Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc. Chattel mortgage (Law), a mortgage on personal property, as distinguished from one on real property.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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