[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chose \chose\, n.; pl. choses. f., fr. l. causa cause,
   reason. see cause. law
   a thing; personal property.
   1913 webster

   chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or
      actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to
      demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at
      the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not
      reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as
      a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for
      a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant
      party without suit.

   chose in possession, a thing in possession, as
      distinguished from a thing in action.

   chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill.

   chose transitory, a thing which is movable. --cowell.
      blount.
      1913 webster
see also:
choses cause chose in action chose in possession chose local chose transitory 

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