Reduction Into Possession
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The act of exercising the right conferred by a chose in action, so as to convert it into a chose in possession; thus, a debt is reduced into possession by payment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The act of exercising the right conferred by a chose in action, se as to convert it into a chose in possession; thus, a debt is reduced into possession by payment Sweet.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
1. Of choses in action. 2. The taking possession by the husband of the wife's goods, so as to make them his. v. Equity, wife's.