Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Choate
adj. 1. Complete in and of itself. 2. Having ripened or become perfected. - choateness, n. Cf. INCHOATE.
choate lien
See LIEN.
inchoate
adj. Partially completed or imperfectly formed; just begun. - inchoateness, n. Cf. CHOATE.
inchoate crime
See inchoate offense under OF. FENSE (1).
inchoate dower
A wife's interest in her husband's estate while both are living. doweress. See DOWRESS.
inchoate instrument
See INSTRUMENT
inchoate instrument.
An unrecorded instrument that must, by law, be recorded to serve as effective notice to third parties. Until the instrument is recorded, it is effective only between the parties to the instrument.
inchoate interest
See INTEREST.
inchoate lien
A judgment lien that may be defeated if the judgment is vacated or a motion for new trial is granted. Cf. consummate lien.
inchoate offense
A step toward the commission of another crime, the step in itself being serious enough to merit punishment. ( In criminal law, the three inchoate offenses are attempt, conspiracy, and solicitation. The term is sometimes criticized (see quot. be-low). - Also termed anticipatory offense; inchoate crime; preliminary crime.
inchoate right
1. A right that has not fully developed, matured, or vested. 2. Patents. An inventor's right that has not yet vested into a property right because the patent application is pending.