personal property
noun
: property other than real property consisting of things temporary or movable : chattels
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Examples of personal property in a Sentence
any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded
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In doing so, the city also has violated its own policies, including that personal property should be preserved even when the owner isn’t present.
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Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 16 May 2024
Lindsey had been issued a citation on Friday for giving a false identification to a police officer in the city of Azusa and in an unrelated incident pleaded no contest to theft of personal property in November, according to court records .
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 16 May 2024
Lindsey had been issued a citation on Friday for giving a false identification to a police officer in the city of Azusa and in an unrelated incident pleaded no contest to theft of personal property in November, according to court records .
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
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“Personal property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personal%20property. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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