Transient
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Within the meaning of a 59; and of an action to establish a trust and poor-law a “transient person” is not exactly obtain partition; Hanna v. Clark, ISO Pa. a person on a journey from one place to an- 321, 41 Atl. 981; but not a petition for the other, but rather a wanderer ever on the appointment of a trustee of land; Cone v. tramp. Goodell v. Mount Holly, 51 Vt. 423. Cone, 61 S. C. 512, 39 S. E. 748. A transient foreigner is one who visits the An exception to the venue must be taken country, without the intention of remaining; in abatement; Davis v. Marston, 5 Mass. Yates v. lams, 10 Tex. 170. A doctor’s office 199; a plea to the merits is not a waiver; TRANSITUS (Lat.). A transit. See Stoppage in Transitu.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In poor-laws. A "transient person" is not exactly a person on a journey from one known place to another, but rather a wanderer ever on the tramp. Middlebury v. Waltham, 6 Vt. 203; Londonderry v. Landgrove, 66 Vt. 264, 29 Atl. 256.
In Spanish law. A "transient foreigner" is one who visits the country, without the intention of remaining. Yates v. lams, 10 Tex. 170.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Moving about Transient person: not a person on a journey from one known place to anotlier, but rather a mere wanderer.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
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.