Meaning & use
personalty
In law, personal property, such as money or movable goods, as distinguished from land and buildings.
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Under the will, all of her personalty, including jewelry and savings, went to her niece.
The estate's personalty was valued separately from the real property it also included.
A note on using this word
Personalty is a legal term contrasted with realty, which refers to land and anything permanently attached to it.
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