transitory action

noun

1. law an action that can be brought in any country regardless of where it originated

Example Sentences

Antifa is not represented by a single organization, and engagement with it is often considered more of a transitory action, in which some people may participate for a single protest or other action rather than necessarily having a meaningful, long-term group affiliation.

From Scientific American

Nor was it long before the same question presented itself with respect to transitory action ex contractu, where the contract involved had been made under laws peculiar to the State where made, and with those laws in view.

From Project Gutenberg

Let us now imagine a community so organized by nature, or by its constitution, that it can support the transitory action of bad laws, and that it can await, without destruction, the general tendency of the legislation: we shall then be able to conceive that a democratic government, notwithstanding its defects, will be most fitted to conduce to the prosperity of this community.

From Project Gutenberg

Let us now imagine a community so organized by nature, or by its constitution, that it can support the transitory action of bad laws, and it can await, without destruction, the general tendency of the legislation: we shall then be able to conceive that a democratic government, notwithstanding its defects, will be most fitted to conduce to the prosperity of this community.

From Project Gutenberg