transitory

adj

Etymology: From Middle French transitoire, from Old French, from Latin trānsitōrius.

1. Lasting only a short time; temporary.

   “Secondly, That the Materials being very tranſitory, have ſuffered much from Inclemencies of Air, eſpecially in theſe North-Weſt Regions.”

   “Quite unconscious of the demonstrations of their amorous neighbour, or their effects upon the susceptible bosom of her mama, Kate Nickleby had, by this time begun to enjoy a settled feeling of tranquillity and happiness, to which, even in occasional and transitory glimpses, she had long been a stranger.”

2. Of an action: that may be brought in any county

   “in transitory actions, for injuries that might have happened anywhere”