Chorepiscopi

Bishops of the country in the early times of the church. CHOSE (Ft.) thing. Personal property. Choses in Possession. Personal things of which one has possession. Choses in Action. Personal things of which the owner has not the possession, but merely a right of action for their posses- A right to receive or recover a debt, or money, or damages for breach of contract, or for a tort connected with contract, but which cannot be enforced without action. Comyn, Dig. "Biens;" Chit. Eq. Dig. In modern usage, the phrase is broader and includes rights of action for tort (4 Ala. 350; 12 N. Y. 622), and rights enforceable only in equity (Wms. 6). Chose Local. A local thing; a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. Kitch. Cts. fol. 18; Cowell; Blount. Answering probably to the res immobilis of the civil law. Chose Transitory. A thing which is movable, and may be taken away or carried from place to place. Cowell; Blount.