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...]

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...]

In old English law. A violation of law. Also trespass; the action of trespass. Transgressio est cum modus non serva-tur nee mensura, debit enim quilibet in suo faeto modum habere et mensuram. Co. Litt. 37. Transgression is when neither mode nor measure is preserved, for every one in his act ought to have a mode and measure. … [Read more...]