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Inchoate instrument

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Instruments which the law requires to be registered or recorded are said to be "inchoate" prior to registration, iu that they are then good only between the parties and privies and as to persons having notice. Wilkins v. McCorkle, 112 Tenn. 688, 80 S. W. 834,

Defined under Inchoate in Black's Law Dictionary.