Transitory Action in United States

Transitory Action Definition

In practice. An action the cause of which might have arisen in one place or county as well as another. In general, all personal actions, whether ex contractu (5 Taunt. 25; 6 East, 352; 2 Johns. Cas. [N. Y.] 335; 3 Caines [N. Y.] 374; 3 Serg. & R. [Pa.] 500; 1 Chit. PI. 243), or ex delicto (1 Chit. PI. 243), are transitory. Such action might, at common law, be brought in any county, but in the United States statutes have been passed prescribing in what counties the suit may be brought. TRANSiTUS (Lat.) A transit. See “Stoppage in Transitu.”

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In practice. An action the cause of which might have arisen in one place or county as well as another. In general, all personal actions, whether ex contractu (5 Taunt. 25; 6 East, 352; 2 Johns. Cas. [N. Y.] 335; 3 Caines [N. Y.] 374; 3 Serg. & R. [Pa.] 500; 1 Chit. PI. 243), or ex delicto (1 Chit. PI. 243), are transitory. Such action might, at common law, be brought in any county, but in the United States statutes have been passed prescribing in what counties the suit may be brought. TRANSiTUS (Lat.) A transit. See “Stoppage in Transitu.”

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Transitory Action