transfer (transfer)

[ The conviction of this reconciled the nation to the transfer of authority into other hands. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 1. The Me rs. Betts, transit agents at Suez, had also exerted themselves greatly in expediting the transfer of the troops. W. H. Ru ell, Diary in India, I. 34. 2. The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or personal, from one person to another, either by sale, by gift, or otherwise. In law it usually implies something more than a delivery of po e ion. Transfer in English law corresponds to con veyance in Scots law, but the particular forms and modes used under the two systems differ very materially. See conveyance, conveyancing. 3. That which is transferred. Particularly - ( a ) The print or impre ion on transfer-paper of a writing, engraving, or drawing intended to be transferred to a stone for printing. (b) A reversed impre ion taken by laying any material upon an original in copying-ink or any other vehicle that will print, and applying pre ure. (c) Milit., a soldier transferred from one troop or company to another. 4. In railway transportation: (a) A point on a railway where the cars are ferried or transferred over a river or bay. ( b ) A ferry-boat or barge for transporting freight-cars. (c) The system or proce of conveying pa engers and baggage in vehicles from one railway-station in a city to another railway-station or to a steamer: as, a transfer company. [U. S.] (d) A ticket i ued to a pa enger on a line of transportation, giving pa age on a connecting line or branch.-5. In the United States Post-office Department, the loan of funds from one account to another by authority of the postmaster-general. Glo ary of Postal Terms.6. In naval tactics. See advance, 12.-Land transfer Act, Transfer of Land Act. See landı. transferability (tråns-fèr-a-bil'i-ti), n. [ Its easy and safe transferability , its use in paying foreign bills of exchange. Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, iv. 3. transferable (trans-fèr'a-bl), a . [Also trans ferrable ; = F. transférable ; as transfer + -able . Cf. transferrible .] Capable of being transferred, or conveyed from one place or person to another; specifically, capable of being legitimately pa ed into the po e ion of another, and legally conveying all appertaining rights, etc., to the new holder: as, that ticket or pa is not transferable . Paper bills of credit,.. made transferable from hand to hand, like bank-notes. Adam Smith , Wealth of Nations, v. 2. transferal, transferral (trans-fer'al), n. [ -al .] Transfer; transference. The individual cannot transfer to the nation that which is involved in his vocation. Since it is the realization of personality, there can be no transferal of it, but the individual is to work in it, and to work it out. E. Mulford, The Nation, xiv. transfer-book (trans'fėr-bük), n. Aregi register of IMG:content-0730.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0731.png:[graphic] =