Transitory Action
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
practice, pleadings. 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.
Vide Acttonas, and I Chit. Pl. 273; Com. Dig. Actions, N 12; Cowp. 161; 9 Johns. R. 67; 14 Johns. R. 134; 3 BI. Com. 294.