Legal Term Dictionary

In English law. The name of a court anciently held as a court of honor merely, before the earl-marshal, and as a criminal court before tbe lord high constable, jointly with the earl-marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well More...

In English law. The name of a court anciently held as a court of honor merely, before the earl-marshal, and as a criminal court before tbe lord high constable, jointly with the earl-marshal. It had jurisdiction as to contracts and other matters touching deeds of arms or war, as well as pleas of life or member. It also corrected encroachments in matters of coat-armor, precedency, and other distinctions of families. It Is now grown entirely out of use, on account of the feebleness of its jurisdiction and want of power to enforce its judgments, as it could neither fine nor imprison, not being a court of record. 3 Bl. Comm. 68; 4 Broom A H. Comm. 360, note. Less...

A word mentioned in 9 Hen. VI. c. 65, by the sense of which it was in those days a kind of trade, and by the judges declared to be lawfuL But Brooke, in his abridgment, says it was only permissible by law. It was, without doubt, a nickname given More...

A word mentioned in 9 Hen. VI. c. 65, by the sense of which it was in those days a kind of trade, and by the judges declared to be lawfuL But Brooke, in his abridgment, says it was only permissible by law. It was, without doubt, a nickname given to those who used to change benefices, as to "chop and change" is a common expression. Jacob. Less...

The mouth of a harbor. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1288.

The mouth of a harbor. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1288. Less...

In ancient times a person admitted to ait and worship in the choir; a chorister.

In ancient times a person admitted to ait and worship in the choir; a chorister. Less...

In old European law. A rural bishop, or bishop's vicar. Spelman; CowelL

In old European law. A rural bishop, or bishop's vicar. Spelman; CowelL Less...

Fr. A thing; an article of property. A chose is,a chattel personal, (Williams, Pers. Prop. 4,) and is either in possession or in action. See the following titles. —Chose local. A local thing; a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. Kitchin, fol. 18; Cowell; Blount—Chose transitory. A thing More...

Fr. A thing; an article of property. A chose is,a chattel personal, (Williams, Pers. Prop. 4,) and is either in possession or in action. See the following titles. —Chose local. A local thing; a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. Kitchin, fol. 18; Cowell; Blount—Chose transitory. A thing which is movable, and may be taken away or carried from place to place. Cowell; Blount. Less...

A right to personal things of which the owner has not the possession, but merely a right of action for their possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 389, 397; 1 Chit Pr. 99. A right to receive or recover a debt demand, or damages on a cause of action ex contractu, or More...

A right to personal things of which the owner has not the possession, but merely a right of action for their possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 389, 397; 1 Chit Pr. 99. A right to receive or recover a debt demand, or damages on a cause of action ex contractu, or for a tort connected with contract but which cannot be made available without recourse to an action. Busbnell v. Kennedy, 9 Wall. 390,19 L. Ed. 736; Turner v. State, 1 Ohio St. 426; Sheldon v. Sill, 8 How. 441, 12 L. Ed. 1147; People v. Tioga Common Pleas, 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 73; Sterling v. Sims, 72 Ga. 53; Bank v. Holland, 99 Va. 495, 39 S. B. 126, 55 L. R. A. 155, 86 Am. St Rep. 89a Personalty to which the owner has a right of possession in future, or a right of immediate possession, wrongfully withheld, is termed by the law a "chose in action." Code Ga. 1882, | 2239. Chose in action is a phrase which is sometimes used to signify a right of bringing an action, and, at others, the thing itself which forms the subject-matter of that right, or with regard to which that right is exercised; but it more properly includes the idea both of the thing itself and of the right of action as annexed to it. Thus, when It is said that a debt is a chose in action, the phrase conveys the idea, not only of the thing itself, ?. «., the debt, but also of the right of action or of recovery possessed by the person to whom the debt is due. When it is said that a chose in action cannot be assigned, it means that a thing to which a right of action is annexed cannot be transferred to another, together with such right. Brown. A chose in action is any right to damages, whether arising from the commission of a tort, the omission of a duty, or the breach of a contract Pitts v. Curtis, 4 Ala. 350; Magee v. Toland, 8 Port (Ala.) 40. Less...

A thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. Sterling v. Sims, 72 Ga. 53; Vaw-ter v. Griffin, 40 Ind. 601. See CHOSE IN ACTION. Taxes and customs, if paid, are a chose in possession; if unpaid, a chose in action. 2 BL Comm. 408.

A thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. Sterling v. Sims, 72 Ga. 53; Vaw-ter v. Griffin, 40 Ind. 601. See CHOSE IN ACTION. Taxes and customs, if paid, are a chose in possession; if unpaid, a chose in action. 2 BL Comm. 408. Less...

Under the municipal organization of the state of New Jersey, each county has a board of officers, called by this name, composed of representatives from the cities and townships within its limits, and charged with administering the revenues of the county. They correspond to the "county commissioners" or "supervisors" in More...

Under the municipal organization of the state of New Jersey, each county has a board of officers, called by this name, composed of representatives from the cities and townships within its limits, and charged with administering the revenues of the county. They correspond to the "county commissioners" or "supervisors" in other states. Less...

In Hindu law. A fourth, a fourth part of the sum in litigation. The "Mahratta chont" is a fourth of the revenues exacted as tribute by the Mahrattas.

In Hindu law. A fourth, a fourth part of the sum in litigation. The "Mahratta chont" is a fourth of the revenues exacted as tribute by the Mahrattas. Less...