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In Scotch law, an action of transumpt is an action competent to any one having a partial Interest in a writing, or immediate use for it, to support his title or defenses in other actions. It is directed against the custodier of the writing calling upon him to exhibit it In order that a transumpt, ie: a copy, may be judicially made and delivered to the pursuer. … [Read more...] about TRANSUMPTS

Latin: In Roman law. The praetor, on his accession to office, did not usually publish an entirely new edict but retained the whole or a part of that promulgated by his predecessor, as being of an approved or permanently useful character. The portion thus repeated or handed down from year to year was called the '"edictum transletitium" See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about TRANSLATITIUM EDICTUM

One who makes a transfer. … [Read more...] about TRANSFEROR

The copy made in one language of what has been written, or spoken in another. 2. In pleading, when a libel or an agreement, written in a foreign language, must be averred, it is necessary that a translation of it should also be given. 3. In evidence, when a witness is unable to speak the English language so as to convey his ideas, a translation of his testimony must be made. In … [Read more...] about TRANSLATION

Eng. law. A warrant for the custom-house to let goods pass: a permit. See, for a form of a transire. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (verb) - Latin: To go, or pass over; to pass from one thing, person, or place to another.(noun) - In English law. A warrant or permit for the custom-house to let goods pass. Transit in rem judieatam. It passes into a matter adjudged; … [Read more...] about TRANSIRE