Chose \Chose\, n.; pl. Choses. [F., fr. L. causa cause,
   reason. See Cause.] (Law)
   A thing; personal property.
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   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.
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