CHATTEL, a term used in English law as equivalent to "per sonal property," that is, property which, on the death of the owner, devolves on his executor or administrator to be distributed (un less disposed of by will) among the next of kin according to the Statutes of Distributions. Chattels are divided into chattels real and chattels personal. Chattels real are those interests in land for which no "real action" (see AcTtox) lies; estates which are less than freehold (estates for years, at will, or by sufferance) are chattels real. Chattels personal are such things as belong immedi ately to the person of the owner, and for which, if they are in juriously withheld from him, he has no remedy other than by a personal action. Chattels personal are divided into choses in possession and choses in action (see CHOSE) .