To carry or pass over; to pass a thing over to another; to convey.

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

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

In old English law. A violation of law. Also trespass; the action of trespass. Transgressio est cum modus non serva- tur nec mensura, debit enim quilibet in suo facto modum habere et

In old English law. A writ or action of trespass. Transgressione mnltiplicata, crescat poena; inflictio. When transgression is mul- tiplied, let the infliction of punishment be increased. 2 Inst 479.

See TRUST.

In maritime law. The act of taking the cargo out of one ship and loading it in another.

Lat. To go, or pass over; to pass from one tiling, person, or place to another.

In English law. A warrant or permit for the custom-house to let goods pass. Transit in rem jndicatam. It passes into a matter adjudged; it becomes converted into a res judicata or

See COVENANT.

Passing from place to place; that may pass or be changed from one place to another; not confined to one place; tlie opposite of “local.”

Lat. Passage from one place to another; transit. In transitu, on the passage, transit, or way. 2 Kent, Comm. 513.

Span. A transcript

The reproduction In one language of a book, document, or speech delivered in another language. The transfer of property ; but In this sense it is seldom used. 2 Xtl. Comm. 204.

Lat In Roman law. The praetor, on his accession to ollice, did not usually publish an entirely new edict, but retained the whole or a part of that promulgated by bis predecessor,

A fact by means of which a right is transferred or passes from one person to another; one, that is, which fulfills the double function of terminating the right of one person

In the civil law. The right which heirs or legatees may have of passing to their successors the inheritance or legacy to which they were entitled, if tliey happen to die without

In old New York law. A conveyance of land.

The removal of goods or persons from one place to another, by a carrier. See Railroad Co. v. Pratt, 22 Wall. 133, 22 L. Ed. 827; Interstate Commerce Coin’n v. Brimson, 154

In Scotch law, an action of transumpt is an action competent to any one having a partial interest in a writing, or immediate use for it, to support his title or defenses