Tradition

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Knowledge, belief, or practices transmitted orally from father to son or from ancestor to posterity. See 68 Vt. 366, 35 L. R. A. 794, 35 Atl. 77.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Delivery. A close translation or formation from the Latin "traditio." 2 Bl. Comm. 307. The tradition or delivery is the transferring of the thing sold into the power and possession of the buyer. Civ. Code La. art 2477. In the rule respecting the admission of tradition or general reputation to prove boundaries, questions of pedigree, etc., this word means knowledge or belief derived from the statements or declarations of contemporary witnesses and handed down orally through a considerable period of time. See Westfelt v. Adams, 131 N. Ca 379, 42 S. E. 823; In re Hurlburt's Estate, 68 Vt 366, 35 AtL 77, 35 L. B. A. 794.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Delivery.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Delivery, 1, 4.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

contracts, in the civil law, is the act by which a thing is the delivery of possession by thé proprietor with an intention to trans. fer the property to the receiver. Two things are therefore requisite in order to transmit property in this way: 1. The intention or consent of the former owner to transfer it? and, 2, the actual delivery in pursuance of that intention. ‘Tradition is either real or symtbolical. The first is where the tpsa corpora of movables are put into the hands of the receiver: symbolical tradition is used where the thing is incapable of real delivery, as, in immovable subjects, such as lands and houses; or such as consist in jure (things incorporeal) as rights of fishing and the like. The property of certain movables, though they are capable of real delivery may be transferred by symbol. ‘Thus, if the subject be under lock and key, the delivery of the key is considered as a legal tradition of all that is contained in the repository. Cujas, Observations, liv. 11, ch. 10; Inst. lib. 2, t. 1, 9 40; Dig. lib. 41, t. 1,1). 0; Ersk. Prine. Laws of Scot]. bk. 2, t. 1, s. 10, 11; Civil Code Lo. art. 2452, et seq. Inthe common law the term used in the place of tradition is delivery, (q- Vv»)