Inchoate

Inchoate refers to the entitlement attained after the partial completion of task or the intended outcome. It can also be referred to in case of framing a legal contarct between two parties when all of the details have been chalked out but the formal contract is yet to be signed.

This term has a broad range of meaning that can include the right, title, entitlement or even possibility of an attempted crime. This term is important from the point of view of a clear distinction between absolute title or right to a partial one or an assumed one.

This distinction is especially important in case of borrowings where an asset is assumed to be collateral but the title is an assumed one or an inchoate one in the hands of the borrower. This will not give the lender the right to take possession of the asset or liquidate it to recover their losses.