Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
choate lien — /kowat liyn/ Lien which is perfected so that nothing more need be done to make it enforcible. Identity of lienor, property subject to lien and amount of lien are all established. Walker v. Paramount Engineering Co., C.A.Mich., 353 F.2d 445, 449;… … Black's law dictionary
choate lien — /kowat liyn/ Lien which is perfected so that nothing more need be done to make it enforcible. Identity of lienor, property subject to lien and amount of lien are all established. Walker v. Paramount Engineering Co., C.A.Mich., 353 F.2d 445, 449;… … Black's law dictionary
Choate (law) — Choate , as used in American law, means completed or perfected in and of itself, [1] or perfected, complete, or certain. [2] It is a controversial word due to its etymology as a back formation from the old and well established word inchoate that… … Wikipedia
choate — cho·ate / kō ət, ˌāt/ adj [back formation from inchoate]: being complete and superior to subsequent liens see also choate lien at lien compare inchoate cho·ate·ness n … Law dictionary
lien — / lēn/ n [Anglo French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind]: a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created by agreement of the… … Law dictionary
Lien — For other uses, see Lien (disambiguation). Property law … Wikipedia
choate — /kowat/ That which has become perfected or ripened as e.g. a choate lien (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
choate — /kowat/ That which has become perfected or ripened as e.g. a choate lien (q.v.) … Black's law dictionary
legal — le·gal / lē gəl/ adj [Latin legalis, from leg lex law] 1: of or relating to law or the processes of law a legal question take legal action 2 a: deriving authority from or founded on law a legal tariff rate a legal government … Law dictionary
legitimate — le·git·i·mate 1 /lə ji tə mət/ adj [Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to give legal status to, from Latin legitimus legally sanctioned, from leg , lex law] 1: conceived or born of parents lawfully married to each other or… … Law dictionary
