It would not be considered property "until it became choate," said the lawyer, Randolph Barnhouse.— WCAX - Local News
Scalia rips Oral Advocate, tells him choate is not opposite of inchoate— Dave Kopel RSS feed
For instance, courts have held that to be first in time, the nonfederal lien must first be "choate," meaning the identity of the lien and the property subject to the lien are reasonably determinable.— The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Justice Antonin Scalia recently interrupted a lawyer during a Supreme Court oral argument to chastise him for using the word choate (the opposite of inchoate).— Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
Read it Justice Antonin Scalia recently interrupted a lawyer during a Supreme Court oral argument to chastise him for using the word choate (the opposite of inchoate).— Visual Thesaurus : Online Edition
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