Definitions for chose
ʃoʊzchose

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1. Chose

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2. Chose

   of Choose

3. Chose(noun)

   a thing; personal property

4. Chose

   imp. & p. p. of Choose

Origin: [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See Cause.]

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1. Chose

   Chose, is a term used in common law tradition in different senses. Chose local is a thing annexed to a place, such as a mill. A chose transitory is something movable, that can be carried from place to place. However, "chose" in these senses is practically obsolete, and it is now used only in the phrases chose in action and chose in possession. A chose in action is essentially a right to sue. It is an intangible personal property right recognised and protected by the law, that has no existence apart from the recognition given by the law, and that confers no present possession of a tangible object. Another term is a thing in action. A chose in action, sometimes called a chose in suspense, in its more limited meaning, denotes the right to enforce payment of a debt by legal proceedings, obtain money by way of damages for contract, or receive recompense for a wrong. Less accurately, money that could be recovered is frequently called a chose in action, as is also sometimes the document that represents a title to a chose in action, such as a bond or a policy of insurance—though strictly it is only the right to recover the money. Choses in action were, before the Judicature Acts, either legal or equitable. Where the chose could be recovered only by an action at law, as a debt, it was termed a legal chose in action; where the chose was recoverable only by a suit in equity, as a legacy or money held upon a trust, it was termed an equitable chose in action. Before the Judicature Acts, a legal chose in action was not assignable, i.e., the assignee could not sue at law in his own name. To this rule there were two exceptions:

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1. Chose

   Chosen. See Choose.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chose' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3463

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chose' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3873

Anagrams for chose »

1. Echos

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chose in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of chose in a Sentence

1. Sang-sun Yi:

   I chose not to choose life

2. Rose Hamid:

   I chose that spot strategically.

3. Bill Dorris:

   I do think they chose a good color.

4. Chendrey elias:

   Life didn't chose you, you chose life

5. Teresa Taylor:

   She knew, she chose not to acknowledge it.

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