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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F.
     transitoire. See Transient.]
     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 Transient.

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  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. 
  
  

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