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TRANSITORY

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Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one place; the opposite of "local." Transitory action. Actions are said to be either local or transitory. An action is "local," when the principal facts on which it is founded pertain to a particular place. An action is termed "transitory," when the principal fact on which it is … [Read more...]

TRANSFERENCE

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Scotch law. The name of an action by which a suit, which was pending at the time the parties died, is transferred from the deceased to his representatives, in the same condition in which it stood formerly. If it be the pursuer who is dead, the action is called a transference active; if the defender, it is a transference passive. … [Read more...]

TRANSITORY ACTION

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pract., plead. Actions are transitory when the venue may lawfully be laid in any county, though the cause of action arose out of the jurisdiction of the court. … [Read more...]

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