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Traditio brevi manu

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A species of constructive or implied delivery. When he who already holds possession of a thing in another's name agrees with that other that thenceforth he shall possess it in his own name, in this case a delivery and redelivery are not necessary. And this species of delivery is termed "traditio brevi manu."

Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 284.