Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
chose transitory
A movable chattel.
transitory
adj. That passes from place to place; capable of passing or being changed from one place to another.
transitory action
See ACTION
transitory action.
An action that can be brought in any venue where the defendant can be personally served with process."Transitory actions are universally founded on the supposed violation of rights which, in contemplation of law, have no locality. They are personal actions, that is, they are brought for the enforcement of purely personal rights or obligations. If the transaction on which the action is founded could have taken place anywhere, the action is generally regarded as transitory; but if the transaction could only have happened in a particular place . . . the action is local. Some authorities, considering the effect of the distinction, define transitory actions as actions which may be tried wherever defendant may be found and served." 92 C.J.S. Venue ยง 8, at 678-79 (1955).
transitory wrong
See WRONG,
transitory wrong.
A wrong that, once committed, belongs to the irrevocable past. ( An example is defamation. willful wrong. See intentional wrong.