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Transitory

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one placo; the opposite of "locui."

Transitory action. Actions are said to be either local or transitory. An action is "local," when the principal facts on which it is founded pertain to a particular place. An action is termed "transitory," when the principal fact on which it is founded is of a transitory kind, and might be supposed to have happened anywhere ; and therefore all actions rounded on debts, contracts and such like matters relating to the person or personui property, come under this latter denomination. Steph. PL 316, 317. And see Mason v. Warner, 31 Mo. 510; Livingston v. Jefferson. 15 Fed. Cas. 664; Acker-son v. Erie In Co., 31 N. J. Law, 312; McLeod v. Connecticut & P. R. Co., 58 Vt. 727, 6 Atl. 648.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another. Transitory action: an action that may be brought or the venue of which may be laid, in any county.