Transfer
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
v. To assign; to convey. Also, to remove; to change the location, place, or relation of. Transfer, n.: an act or transaction by which property of one person is by him vested in another, or by which any thing is removed from one location, place, or relation to another. The term transfer, in a declaration, when applied to notes, implies a passing of the beneficial interest, but not necessarily of the legal title.
Montague v. King, 87 Miss. 441.
Transfer of a cause. The removal of a cause from one court or judge to another by lawful authority. Under the judicature acts, 1873, in England, any cause or matter may be transferred, with or without the consent of the parties thereto, as maybe directed by rules of court; and any action or actions may be transferred from one division to another, or from one judge of the chancery division to another, by an order of the lord chancellor; but no transfer shall be made from or to any division, without the consent of the president of that division. In the United States, removal of causes is the phrase more commonly used to express this idea; particularly with reference to carrying a cause from a