Defn: The conveyance of right, title, or property, either real or
personal, from one person to another, whether by sale, by gift, or
otherwise.
I shall here only consider it as a transfer of property. Burke.
3. That which is transferred. Specifically: — (a) A picture, or the like, removed from one body or ground to another, as from wood to canvas, or from one piece of canvas to another. Fairholt. (b) A drawing or writing printed off from one surface on another, as in ceramics and in many decorative arts. (c) (Mil.) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
4. (Med.)
Defn: A pathological process by virtue of which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side. Transfer day, one of the days fixed by the Bank of England for the transfer, free of charge, of bank stock and government funds. These days are the first five business days in the week before three o'clock. Transfers may be made on Saturdays on payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. Bithell. — Transfer office, an office or department where transfers of stocks, etc., are made. — Transfer paper, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. — Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.
TRANSFERABILITY
Trans*fer`a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being transferable.
TRANSFERABLE
Trans*fer"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. transférable.]
1. Capable of being transferred or conveyed from one place or person to another.
2. Negotiable, as a note, bill of exchange, or other evidence of property, that may be conveyed from one person to another by indorsement or other writing; capable of being transferred with no loss of value; as, the stocks of most public companies are transferable; some tickets are not transferable.
TRANSFEREE
Trans`fer*ee", n.