Sentence examples for were property to from inspiring English sources

"The shame is that people were owned as property, and the shame is that I'm the heir of those who were property to the Thurmond family," he said.

"Japanese women were historically treated like chattel; they were property to be bought and sold on a whim," Ms. Gordon told The Dallas Morning News in 1999.

How is property to be divided?

But it has evolved far from these roots, from women being property to women proposing.

Finally, the IRS considers virtual currency to be property subject to capital gains taxes.

"There is property belonging to my son".

Those who had themselves been property had little to pass on.

"It's a question of mentality: Collective property is property that belongs to everyone".

"Children are not property to be exchanged," she added.

Lesson learned: Kids are not property to be divided 50/50.

Assuming a lawful marriage exists, rings would be marital property to be divided in a divorce.