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measured (iou) and TRANSITUS (law)


measured (iou)



measured adjective. LME.
[from MEASURE noun, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Moderate, temperate. LME-L15.
That has been measured to determine spatial magnitude or quantity; apportioned or dealt out by measure; (of work) paid according to the amount done. LME.
measured mile a distance of one mile carefully measured, esp. for determining the speed of a ship.
b. Accurately regulated, correctly proportioned. E17.
Written in metre; metrical; having a marked or fixed rhythm; rhythmical; regular in movement. L16.
Esp. of language: carefully weighed or calculated; deliberate and restrained. E19.
measuredly adverb E19.
measuredness noun M19.

TRANSITUS (law)


TRANSITUS. The act of going, or of removing goods, from one place to another. The transitus of goods from a seller commences the moment he has another. The transitus of goods from a seller commences the moment he has delivered them to an agent for the purpose of being carried to another delivered them to an agent for the purpose of being carried to another place, and ends when the delivery is complete, which delivery may be by place, and ends when the delivery is complete, which delivery may be by putting the purchaser into actual possession of the goods, or by making him putting the purchaser into actual possession of the goods, or by making him a symbolical delivery. 2 Hill, S. C. 587; 5 John. 335; 2 Pick. 599; 11 a symbolical delivery. 2 Hill, S. C. 587; 5 John. 335; 2 Pick. 599; 11 Pick.. 352; 2 Aik. 79; 5 Ham. 88; 6 Rand. 473. See Stoppage in transitu. Pick.. 352; 2 Aik. 79; 5 Ham. 88; 6 Rand. 473. See Stoppage in transitu.