Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Things in action
Portuguese translation:
direitos (que possam ser reclamados judicialmente)
English term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
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Things in action
A chose in action or thing in action is a right to sue. It has been made trite law, since Torkington v Magee, that a chose in action is a legal expression used to describe all personal rights of property which can only be claimed or enforced by action.
Proposed translations
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
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direitos (que possam ser reclamados judicialmente)
bens e direitos que a empresa possa ou pareça poder reclamar judicialmente».
'take into his custody or under his control
all the property and things in action to which the company is or appears to be
entitled'.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
The common law concept of "things in action" has no equivalent in civil law. Its equivalent in common law in French is "choses non possessoires", [...]
La notion de « things in action » n'a pas d'équivalent en droit civil, mais elle en a un en common law en français qui n'est pas rendu.
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Brazil
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direitos
#chose in action | (civil procedure) direito que pode ser cobrado por meio de ação civil [MerriamWebster’s Dictionary of Law , p. 76]. Pode-se traduzir simplesmente por direito ou bem intangível [Kinsella, N. Stephan. A Civil Law to Common Law Dictionary, p. 25].
Fonte: Dicionário de Direito, Economia e Contabilidade: Inglês-Português-Inglês
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Edição de Novembro de 2020
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Native in: English 
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Direitos de pedir
Austria
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direitos de ação
Otherwise, Snell's Equity as a standard textbook - preferably obtianable cheaply second-hand - and Curzon's English Law Dictionary contain classic definitions of the difference.
Note that the translations of cause of action POR/SPA -> ENG are IMO only one side of the coin or are flawed.
IATE: pt direito de ação Consilium en right of action
IATE: fr droit d'action CdT en chose in action
Brazil
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coisas litigiosas
Brazil
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Discussion
Pursuant to section 229(1), a provisional liquidator, once appointed, is obliged to 'take into his custody or under his control all the property and things in action to which the company is or appears to be entitled'.
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...
Uma vez designado, o «provisional liquidator» está obrigado, por força da Section 229(1) da mesma lei, a «assegurar a guarda dos bens ou a colocar sob o seu controlo todos os bens e direitos que a empresa possa ou pareça poder reclamar judicialmente».
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PT/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELE...