personalty

Definitions

Personal property; movable assets as distinguished from real estate or land.

In law, all property that is not real property, including goods, money, and securities.

Examples

The estate executor was responsible for distributing the deceased's personalty, including jewelry and antique furniture, among the heirs.

In legal terms, personalty refers to movable property, as opposed to real property like land or buildings.

The tax assessment clearly distinguished between the company's real estate holdings and its taxable personalty.

Synonyms

chattel movables effects possessions goods property belongings

Antonyms

realty real estate land immovables buildings premises acreage