re·duce /ri-'düs, -'dyüs/ vt re·duced, re·duc·ing
1: to make smaller
2 a: to convert (a chose in action) into a chose in possession
enforcement action sought to reduce to possession her property interest in the...determination of money damages — Haynes v. Contat, 643 N.E.2d 941 (1994)
b: to convert by enforcement through litigation
may reduce his claim to judgment, foreclose or otherwise enforce the security interest — Uniform Commercial Code
re·duc·ibil·i·ty /-ˌdü-sə-'bi-lə-tē, -ˌdyü-/ n
re·duc·ible /-'dü-sə-bəl, -'dyü-/ adj
re·duc·ibly adv
re·duc·tion /ri-'dək-shən/ n
reduce to practice: to cause to undergo reduction to practice
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.