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  • TRANSGRESSIO
    In old English law. A violation of law. Also trespass; the action of trespass. Transgressio est cum modus non serva-tur nee mensura, debit enim quilibet in suo faeto modum habere et mensuram. Co. Litt. 37. Transgression is when neither mode nor measure is preserved, for every one in his act More...
  • TRANSGRESSIONE
    In old English law. A writ or action of trespass. Transgressione multiplicata, crescat poense inflictio. When transgression is multiplied, let the Infliction of punishment be increased. 2 Inst 479.
  • TRANSGRESSIVE TRUST
    See TRUST.
  • TRANSHIPMENT
    In maritime law. The act of taking the cargo out of one ship and loading it in another.
  • TRANSIENT
    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. 25a In Spanish law. A "transient foreigner" le one More...
  • TRANSIRE
    v. Lat. To go, or pass over; to pass from one thing, person, or place to another.
  • TRANSIRE
    n. In English law. A warrant or permit for the custom-house to let goods pass. Transit in rem jndieatam. It passes into a matter adjudged; It becomes converted into a res judicata or judgment. A contract upon which a judgment is obtained is said to pass in rem judvcatam. United More...
  • TRANSITIVE COVENANT
    See COVENANT
  • TRANSITUS
    Lat. Passage from one place to'another; transit. In transitu, on the passage, transit; or way. 2 Kent, Comm. 543.
  • TRANSITORY
    Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one place; the opposite of "local." -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 More...
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