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  • TRANSFER
    n. The passing of a thing or of property from one person to another; alienation; conveyance. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another. Civ. Code Cat I 1039. More...
  • TRANSFERABLE
    A term used in a quasi legal sense, to indicate that the character of assignability or negotiability attaches to the particular instrument or that it may pass from hand to hand, carrying all rights of the original holder. The words "not transferable" are sometimes printed upon a ticket receipt or More...
  • TRANSFEREE
    He to whom a transfer is made. L
  • TRANSFERENCE
    In Scotch law. The proceeding to be taken upon the death of one of the parties to a pending suit, whereby the action is transferred or continued, in its then condition, from the decedent to his representatives. Transference Is either active or passive; the former, when it 1B the pursuer More...
  • TRANSFERROR
    One who makes a transfer. Tran sf eruntur dominia sine titulo et traditionc, per usueaptionem, sail, per longam continuum et pacincam possessionem. Co. Litt 113. Rights of dominion are transferred without title or delivery, by usucaption, to-wit, long and quiet possession.
  • TRANSFRETATIO
    Lat. In old English law. A crossing of the strait [of Dover;] a passing or sailing over from England to France. The royal passages or voyages to Gascony, Brittany, and other parts of France were so called, and time was sometimes computed from them.
  • 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.
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