[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

effects
     n : property of a personal character that is portable but not
         used in business; "she left some of her personal effects
         in the house"; "i watched over their effects until they
         returned" syn: personal effects
see also:
personal effects 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "effects":
   acquest, belongings, catalog goods, chattels, clobber, commodities,
   consumer goods, consumer items, crap, estate and effects, gear,
   goods, goods for sale, havings, hereditament, holdings,
   incorporeal hereditament, inventory, job lot, junk, line,
   line of goods, mail-order goods, merchandise, paraphernalia,
   personal property, possessions, properties, property, shit,
   sideline, staples, stock, stock-in-trade, stuff, things, vendibles,
   wares

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

effects. this word used simpliciter is equivalent to property or, worldly 
substance, and may carry the whole personal estate, when used in a will. 5 
madd. ch. rep. 72; cowp. 299; 15 ves. 507; 6 madd. ch. r. 119. but when it 
is preceded and connected with words of a narrower import, and the bequest 
is not residuary, it will be confined to species of property ejusdem generis 
with those previously described. 13 ves. 39; 15 ves. 826; roper on leg. 210. 

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