Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes an organism's genetic blueprint. In other words, DNA contains all of the information required to build and maintain an organism.
Chattel slavery, also called traditional slavery, is so named because people are treated as the chattel (personal property) of the owner and are bought and sold as if they were commodities. It is the least prevalent form of slavery in the world today.
Word Origin and History for chattel Expand. n. early 13c., chatel property, goods, from Old French chatel chattels, goods, wealth, possessions, property; profit; cattle, from Late Latin capitale property (see cattle, which is the Old North French form of the same word).