inchoate

  • 51inchoate dower — A wife s interest in the lands of her husband during his life, which may become a right of dower upon his death. A contingent claim or possibility of acquiring dower by outliving husband and arises, not out of contract, but as an institution of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 52inchoate interest — An interest in real estate which is not a present interest, but which may ripen into a vested estate, if not barred, extinguished, or divested …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 53inchoate lien — The lien of a judgment, from the day of its entry, subject to be defeated by its vacation, becoming a consummate lien if the motion for a new trial is thereafter overruled; such lien then relating back to the original entry of the judgment …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 54inchoate right — In patent law, the right of an inventor to his invention while his application is pending which matures as property when the patent issues. Mullins Mfg. Co. v. Booth, C.C.A.Mich., 125 F.2d 660, 664 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55inchoate dower — A wife s interest in the lands of her husband during his life, which may become a right of dower upon his death. A contingent claim or possibility of acquiring dower by outliving husband and arises, not out of contract, but as an institution of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 56inchoate interest — An interest in real estate which is not a present interest, but which may ripen into a vested estate, if not barred, extinguished, or divested …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 57inchoate lien — The lien of a judgment, from the day of its entry, subject to be defeated by its vacation, becoming a consummate lien if the motion for a new trial is thereafter overruled; such lien then relating back to the original entry of the judgment …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 58inchoate right — In patent law, the right of an inventor to his invention while his application is pending which matures as property when the patent issues. Mullins Mfg. Co. v. Booth, C.C.A.Mich., 125 F.2d 660, 664 …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59inchoate battery — An assault. Johnson v Sampson, 167 Minn 203, 208 NW 814, 46 ALR 772 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 60inchoate lien — A lien that has not actually attached to the property, as in the case of a tax lien prior to the assessment of the tax. 51 Am J1st Tax § 1020. The state of a mechanic s lien before filing or giving of notice. 36 Am J1st Mech L § 167 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary