Legal Term Dictionary

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...

Under the Salic law. This was a ceremony performed by a person who was too poor to pay his debt or fine, whereby he applied to a rich relative to pay it for him. It consisted (after certain preliminaries) in throwing green herbs upon the party, the effect of which More...

Under the Salic law. This was a ceremony performed by a person who was too poor to pay his debt or fine, whereby he applied to a rich relative to pay it for him. It consisted (after certain preliminaries) in throwing green herbs upon the party, the effect of which was to bind him to pay the whole demand. Less...

Pertaining to Jesus Christ or the religion founded by him; professing Christianity. The adjective is also used in senses more remote from its original meaning. Thus a "court Christian" is an ecclesiastical court; a "Christian name" is that conferred upon a person at baptism into the Christian church. As a More...

Pertaining to Jesus Christ or the religion founded by him; professing Christianity. The adjective is also used in senses more remote from its original meaning. Thus a "court Christian" is an ecclesiastical court; a "Christian name" is that conferred upon a person at baptism into the Christian church. As a noun, it signifies one who accepts and professes to live by the doctrines and principles of the Christian religion. Hale v. Everett 53 N. H. 53, 16 Am. Rep. 82; State v. Buswell, 40 Neb. 158, 58 N. W. 728, 24 I* R. A. 68. —Christian name. The baptismal name distinct from the surname. Stratton v. Foster, 11 Me. 467. It has been said from the bench that a Christian name may consist of a single letter. Wharton. Less...