Edward Jenks Quote

But the fact that the word "chattel" has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of cattle in primitive times, but to the importance of the notion of sale or barter in generating the institution of property.


Chapter I, Old English Law, p. 11 - A Short History Of The English Law (First Edition) (1912)


But the fact that the word chattel has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of...

But the fact that the word chattel has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of...

But the fact that the word chattel has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of...

But the fact that the word chattel has survived as the inclusive legal term for all movable goods, points, not merely to the great importance of...