In contracts. A written agreement under seal, by which one person assigns or transfers his right to or interest in goods and personal chattels to another. An instrument by which, in particular , the property in ships and vessels is conveyed. Putnam v. McDonald, 72 Vt. 4. 47 Atl. 159; Young v. Stone. 61 App. Div. 304, 70 N. Y. Supp. 558.
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