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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

transitorius

: cf. F.

transitoire

. See

Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

Comfort and succor all those who, in this

transitory

life, are in trouble.

Bk. of Com. Prayer.

It was not the

transitory

light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing.

South.

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.

Syn. – transient; short-lived; brief. See

Adj.

[L. transitorius.] Passing without continuance; continuing a short time; fleeting; speedily vanishing.

O Lord, comfort and succor all them who, in this transitory life, are in trouble.

In law, a transitory action, is one which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, detinue, slander and the like. It is opposed to local.