Goods that are normally used in more than one jurisdiction (such as shipping containers and road-construction machinery) and that are held by the debtor as equipment or leased by the debtor to others. • Under previous drafts of the Uniform Commercial Code, the procedure for perfecting a security interest in mobile goods was generally defined […]
Consumer goods that are designed to be used repeatedly over a long period, such as automobiles and personal computers. — Also termed durables; hard goods.
Goods that are anything other than mobile goods, minerals, or goods covered by a certificate of title. • The current UCC does not distinguish between ordinary and mobile goods. [Cases: Secured Transactions 14. C.J.S. Secured Transactions § 13.]
chop-shop, n. Criminal law. A garage where stolen automobiles are dismantled so that their parts can be sold separately. [Cases: Receiving Stolen Goods 1. C.J.S. Receiving or Transferring Stolen Goods and Related Offenses §§ 2, 10–12, 15–16.]
carrier. 1. An individual or organization (such as a shipowner, a railroad, or an airline) that contracts to transport passengers or goods for a fee. Cf. SHIPPER. [Cases: Carriers 3, 235. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace § 179; Carriers§§ 2, 385.] common carrier. A commercial enterprise that holds itself out to the public as offering to