CHOSE IN ACTION
Categories: Commercial Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
person to whom the debt is due. When it is said that a chose in action cannot be assigned, it means that a thing to which a right of action is annexed cannot be transferred to another, together with such right. Brown.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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