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What is the origin of the word "effects" as it relates to personal property? How did a person's possessions come to be called their effects?
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According to legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, the term"personal effects" are stipulations commonly found on wills which may refer to things such as clothes, cosmetics or items of adornment.
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"This is not the same as "personalty" which means all tangible property which is not real property, money or investments. (See: personalty)"
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"This is not the same as "personalty" which means all tangible property which is not real property, money or investments. (See: personalty)"
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I'm familiar with the definition of the word -- my question has to do with its origins.
See links. It derives from the Latin word "effectus" which means accomplishment or performance.
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http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=effect
"late 14c., "result," from O.Fr. effect, from L. effectus "accomplishment, performance," from stem of efficere "work out, accomplish," from ex- "out" + facere "to do" (see factitious). The verb is from 1580s. Sense in stage effect, sound effect, etc. first recorded 1881. Related: Effecting; effection."