CHOSE, n. In law, property in action a right to possession or that which may be demanded and recovered by suit or action at law. Thus, money due on a bond or note is a chose in action a recompense for damage done is a chose in action the former proceeding from an express, the latter from an implied contract. A contract executed is a chose in possession a contract executory conveys only a chose in action. A chose local is annexed to a place, as a mill or the like a chose transitory is a thing which is movable.
CHOSE, s as z, pret. and p. of choose.