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 ]