- reduction into possession
- The act of exercising the right conferred by a chose in action, so as to convert it into a chose in possession; thus, a debt is reduced into possession by payment
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
reduction into possession
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