The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transitory action
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.