Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inchoate
Meaning of Inchoate
imperfect ; partial; begun but not completed. The interest of a wife in the lands and tenements of her husband during his lifetime is said to be an inchoate right to dower , since the interest is not complete , does not crystallize until his death . Not a contingent interest taking effect only upon his death, since even during his lifetime, any conveyance by him would require her to waive her inchoate right to dower in the lands and tenements which operate in satisfaction of her interest in the same.
Synonyms of Inchoate
adjective
- beginning
- begun but not completed
- budding
- elemental
- elementary
- embryonic
- fragmentary
- fundamental
- halfbegun
- halfdone
- hardly begun
- immature
- imperfect
- in its infancy
- inceptive
- incipient
- incohatus
- incomplete
- infant
- initial
- introductory
- just begun
- nascent
- not completely formed
- not fully executed
- partial
- prefatory
- preliminary
- primary
- rudimental
- rudimentary
- semiprocessed
- sketchy
- uncompleted
- unexecuted
- unfinalized
- unfinished
- unprocessed
- Associated Concepts: inchoate contract
- inchoate crimes
- inchoate gift
- inchoate interest
- inchoate lien
- inchoate right
- inchoate title
- inchoate will
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Inchoate in Historical Law
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Begun but not completed, as a contract not executed by all parties…. (Read more)
Inchoate in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of inchoate.
Resources
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Work
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- inchoate in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- inchoate in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Concept of Inchoate in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Inchoate: Incomplete; begun but not completed; contingent.
Concept of Inchoate in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Inchoate: Incomplete; begun but not completed; contingent.
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