Aquidneck Realty v. G.P. Pier Retail

DECISION

Black's Law Dictionary defines a transitory action as one "that can be brought in any venue where the defendant can be personally served with process." Black's Law Dictionary 34 (8th ed. 2004). Furthermore, transitory actions are "universally founded on the supposed violation of rights which, in contemplation of the law, have no locality."Id. (quoting 92 C.J.S. Venue § 8, at 678-79 (1955)). Thus, a transitory action exists as opposed to a local action, which Black's defines as one "that can be brought only in the jurisdiction where the cause of action arose, as when the action's…