"choate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 已完成的（法律術語）

Definition

在法律術語中，「choate」指某事已經完成、完全形成或完善，特別用於指權利或請求不再處於初步或未完成狀態。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

「choate」極為少見，幾乎只在法律語境下使用，常和「inchoate」（未完成的）對比。常出現在「choate lien」（已完成留置權）、「choate right」（已確定權利）等搭配中。

Examples

The court recognized his choate right to the property.

法院承認了他對該財產的**已完成**權利。

A choate lien is one that is fully established.

**已完成**的留置權是指已完全確立的留置權。

Once the claim is choate, it cannot be challenged.

一旦請求**已完成**，就無法再提出異議。

His attorney argued that the right was choate and not subject to further approval.

他的律師認為這項權利已經**完善**，無需進一步批准。

The judge said the claim was already choate and final.

法官表示該請求已**確定**且最終有效。

We had to wait until the right became choate before taking any action.

我們必須等權利**完善**後才能採取行動。