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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F.
transitoire. See {Transient}.]
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting;
evanescent.
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Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory
life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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It was not the transitory light of a comet, which
shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes
into nothing. --South.
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{Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in
any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed
to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier.
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Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TRANSITORY ACTION, pract., plead. Actions are transitory when the venue may
lawfully be laid in any county, though the cause of action arose out of the
jurisdiction of the court. Vide Actions, and 1 Chit. Pl. 273; Com. Dig.
Actions, N 12; Cowp. 161; 9 Johns. R. 67; 14 Johns. R. 134; 3 Bl. Com. 294;
3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2645. Vide Bac. Ab. Actions local and transitory.