Transfretatio
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Lat.)
In old English law. A crossing of the Strait (of Dover); a passing or sailing over from England to France. TRANSGRE8SI0 EST CUM MODUS NON servatur nee mensura, debit enim quflibet in suo facto modum habere et mensuram. Transgression is when neither mode nor measure is preserved, for every one in his act ought to have a mode and measure. Co. Litt. 87. TRANSGRESSION (Lat. trans, over, greaeio, a step). The violation of a law. TRANSGRES8IONE M U LT I P LICATA, crescat poena infllctio. When transgression is multiplied, let the infliction of punishment be increased. 2 Inst. 479.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In old English law. A crossing of the strait, [of Dover;] a passing or sailing over from Englahd to France. The royal passages or voyages to Gascony, Brittany, and other parts of France were se calied, and time was sometimes computed from them.