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Chivalry

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Knight-service, v. Tenure.

Chose,/;-.

A thing

Chose in action: a personal right to a thing not actually in possession, but recoverable in a suit at law; or to the performance of a contract. Chose in possession: a thing actually possessed and enjoyed.