Transient
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Going or- passing over; moving about. ■ Sands v. Hill, 55 N. Y. 22 (1873), Folger, J.; Robertson V. Wilcox, 36 Conn. 429 (1870). ^ Montague v. King, 37 Miss. 4J3 (1859), Handy. J. 5 Waterbury Savings Bank v. Lawler, 46 Conn. 244 (1878), Loomis, J. See generally, on the transfer of land, 2 Am, Law Rev. 12-32 (1886).
Transient foreigner
One who visits a country without intention of remaining.i Transient person. Not exactly a person on a journey from one known place to another, but rather a wanderer ever on the tramp.
2 Transitive.
Passing over to another. A transitive, as opposed to an intransitive, covenant, is an obligation which devolves also upon the covenantor's representatives.
Transitory.
Following the person. A transitory, as distinguished from a local, action, rests upon a transaction which might have taken place anywhere.
See Action, 2; Transire.