Chapter TSEM6016

Published date02 May 2016
Record NumberTSEM6016

There are two groups of chattels personal (TSEM6015) - choses-in possession and choses in action.

Choses in possession

Choses in possession are tangible property, transferred by assignment, or by manual delivery.

They include

- clothes - stock-in-trade
- furniture - plant and machinery
- personal effects - live and dead stock
- cars

Choses in action

Choses in action are intangible property - rights of action to obtain money. They are transferred by documents.

They include

- loan debts - insurance policies
- bank balances - copyright
- negotiable instruments - patents
- holdings in companies -
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