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Webster 1913 Edition

Chose

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Chose

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Choses
(#)
.
[F., fr. L.
causa
cause, reason. See
Cause
.]
(Law)
A thing; personal property.
Chose in action
,
a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit.
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Chose in possession
,
a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action.
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Chose local
,
a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.
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Chose transitory
,
a thing which is movable.
Cowell. Blount.

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Webster 1828 Edition

Chose

CHOSE

,
Noun.
In law, property in action; a right to possession; or that which may be demanded and recovered by suit or action at law. Thus, money due on a bond or note is a chose in action; a recompense for damage done is a chose in action; the former proceeding from an express, the latter from an implied contract. A contract executed is a chose in possession; a contract executory conveys only a chose in action. A chose local is annexed to a place, as a mill or the like; a chose transitory is a thing which is movable.

CHOSE

, s as z, pret. and p. of choose.

Definition 2024

chôse

chôse

See also: chose, Chose, and CHOSE

Norman

Alternative forms

Noun

chôse f ‎(plural chôses)

  1. (Jersey) thing

Etymology

From Old French chose, from Latin causa.

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