See Also: Transitory(medicine)
transitory(dictionary)
transitory(dictionary)
TRANSITORY(law)
TRANSITORY ACTION, pract(law)

transitory (iou)



transitory adjective & noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman transitorie, Old & mod. French transitoire, from Christian Latin transitorius, formed as TRANSIT verb: see -ORY2.]
A. adjective.
Not permanent or lasting; fleeting, momentary, brief; transient. LME.
Of the nature of a passage or transition; transitional. rare. L16.
Law. transitory action, an action that may be brought in any country irrespective of where the transaction etc. originated. M17.
Trifling, of little moment. Only in L17.
B. noun.
A device for viewing an astronomical transit; orig., the transverse piece of a cross-staff. L16-M18.
A transitory or fleeting thing. Usu. in pl. Only in M17.
transitorily adverb E17.
transitoriness noun L16.