A situation where a wrongdoer intends to commit harm against one person but, instead, commits harm on another person. As such, criminal law transfers the intent the defendant had to harm the first person and transfers it to the second person, enabling a jury to find the proper intent required under statute to charge the defendant with a crime. For example, the defendant intends … [Read more...]

Span. A transcript. … [Read more...]

One who makes a transfer. Rights of dominion are transferred without title or delivery by usucaption, to wit, long and quiet possession. … [Read more...]

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...]

Lat. In old English law. A crossing of the strait [of Dover;] a passing or sailing over from England to France. The royal passages or voyages to Gascony, Brittany, and other parts of France were so called, and time was sometimes computed from them. … [Read more...]