lying across, extending across, transverse
cross, pass over; oppose, thwart
crossing, passage across; formal denial of a claim made by the other party; zig-zag course (e.g. by a sailboat); protective embankment around a trench; small area separated by a divider
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Traverse Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like.
A barrier, sliding door, movable screen, curtain, or the like.
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A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows.
A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows.
(a.)
A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
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A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
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A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
A line surveyed across a plot of ground.
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A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
A turning; a trick; a subterfuge.
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A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.
A work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work.
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Anything that traverses, or crosses.
Anything that traverses, or crosses.
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Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.
Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches.
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Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky traverses not under his control.
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The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
The turning of a gun so as to make it point in any desired direction.
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The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
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To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.
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To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.
To deny formally, as what the opposite party has alleged. When the plaintiff or defendant advances new matter, he avers it to be true, and traverses what the other party has affirmed. To traverse an indictment or an office is to deny it.
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To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
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To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
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To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood; as, to traverse a board.
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To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
To turn to the one side or the other, in order to point in any direction; as, to traverse a cannon.
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To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe.
To wander over; to cross in traveling; as, to traverse the habitable globe.
(adv.)
Athwart; across; crosswise.
Athwart; across; crosswise.
(v. i.)
To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
To tread or move crosswise, as a horse that throws his croup to one side and his head to the other.
(v. i.)
To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
To turn, as on a pivot; to move round; to swivel; as, the needle of a compass traverses; if it does not traverse well, it is an unsafe guide.
(v. i.)
To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing.
traverse
traverser \trav"ers*er\ (?), n.
1. one who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
2. (law) one who traverses, or denies.
3. (railroad) a traverse table. see under traverse, n.
similar words(9)
traverse sailing
traverse city
traverse drill
traverse jury
traverse table
toll traverse
to traverse a yard
a traverse
traverse board
Llettrod = n. a traverse
Traws = n. a traverse, a cross
Noun
1. a horizontal beam that extends across something
(synonym) trave, crossbeam, crosspiece
(hypernym) beam
2. a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
(synonym) transom
(hypernym) crosspiece
3. taking a zigzag path on skis
(synonym) traversal
(hypernym) crossing
(part-holonym) skiing
4. travel across
(synonym) traversal
(hypernym) peregrination
(derivation) track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
Verb
1. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
(synonym) track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(hyponym) tramp
(derivation) traversal
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"
(synonym) cross, span, sweep
(hypernym) cover, extend
3. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
(synonym) deny
Traverse Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) 1. To turn a weapon to the right or left on its mount. 2. A method of surveying in which lengths and directions of lines between points on the earth are obtained by or from field measurements, and used in determining positions of the points
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Traverse Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Sequence of lengths and directions of lines connecting a series of stations, obtained from field measurements, and used in determining positions of the stations.
(1) The commonest form of cave survey in which direction, distance and vertical angle between successive points are measured. (2) A way along ledges above the floor of a cave. (3) To move along such a way.
Traverse Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Traverse may refer to:
- Traverse (gunnery), the horizontal field of fire of an artillery piece
- TRAVERSE (software), accounting and business software
- Traverse (surveying) , a method of establishing basic points in the field
- Chevrolet Traverse, a 2009 sport-utility vehicle
- Traverse County, Minnesota, a county in Minnesota
- Traverse City, Michigan
- Movement of a machine slide on a machine tool, especially of the Y-axis
- Traverse (climbing)
- Traverse Theatre, writing theatre in Scotland
- Traverse stage, a style of theatre seating or performance where the audience is on either side of the performance, and the audience are facing one another
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Traverse Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
This is a technical term, which means to turnover: it is applied to an issue taken upon an indictment for a misdemeanor, and means nothing more than turning over or putting off the trial to a following sessions or assize; it has, perhaps with more propriety, been applied to the denying or taking issue upon an indictment, without reference to the delay of trial.
pleading. This term, from the French traverser, signifies to deny or controvert anything which is alleged in the declaration, plea, replication or other pleadings. There is no real distinction between traverses and denials, they are the same in substance however, a traverse, in the strict technical meaning, and more ordinary acceptation of the term, signifies a direct denial in formal words, "without this that," etc.
All issues are traverses, although all traverses cannot be said to be issues, and the difference is this; issues are where one or more facts are affirmed on one side, and directly and merely denied on the other; but special traverses are where the matter asserted by one party is not directly and merely denied or put in issue. by the other, but he alleges some new matter or distinction inconsistent with what is previously stated, and then distinctly excludes the previous statement of his adversary. The new matter so alleged is called the inducement to the traverse, and the exclusion of the previous statement, the traverse itself.
A traverse upon a traverse is one growing out of the same point, or subject matter, as is embraced in a preceding traverse on the other side. It is a general rule, that a traverse, well tendered on one side, must be accepted on the other. And hence it follows, as a general rule, that there cannot be a traverse upon a traverse, if the, first traverse is material. The meaning of the rule is, that when one party has tendered a material traverse, the other cannot leave it and tender another of his own to the same point upon the inducement of the first traverse, but must join in that first tendered; otherwise the parties might alternately tender traverses to each other, in unlimited succession, without coming to an issue.
In cases where the first traverse is immaterial, there may be a traverse upon a traverse. And where the plaintiff might be ousted of some right or liberty the law allows him, there may be a traverse upon a traverse, although the first traverse include what is material.
Traverses may be divided into general traverses, and special traverses. There is a third kind called a common traverse.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.pleading. This term, from the French traverser, signifies to deny or controvert anything which is alleged in the declaration, plea, replication or other pleadings. There is no real distinction between traverses and denials, they are the same in substance however, a traverse, in the strict technical meaning, and more ordinary acceptation of the term, signifies a direct denial in formal words, "without this that," etc.
All issues are traverses, although all traverses cannot be said to be issues, and the difference is this; issues are where one or more facts are affirmed on one side, and directly and merely denied on the other; but special traverses are where the matter asserted by one party is not directly and merely denied or put in issue. by the other, but he alleges some new matter or distinction inconsistent with what is previously stated, and then distinctly excludes the previous statement of his adversary. The new matter so alleged is called the inducement to the traverse, and the exclusion of the previous statement, the traverse itself.
A traverse upon a traverse is one growing out of the same point, or subject matter, as is embraced in a preceding traverse on the other side. It is a general rule, that a traverse, well tendered on one side, must be accepted on the other. And hence it follows, as a general rule, that there cannot be a traverse upon a traverse, if the, first traverse is material. The meaning of the rule is, that when one party has tendered a material traverse, the other cannot leave it and tender another of his own to the same point upon the inducement of the first traverse, but must join in that first tendered; otherwise the parties might alternately tender traverses to each other, in unlimited succession, without coming to an issue.
In cases where the first traverse is immaterial, there may be a traverse upon a traverse. And where the plaintiff might be ousted of some right or liberty the law allows him, there may be a traverse upon a traverse, although the first traverse include what is material.
Traverses may be divided into general traverses, and special traverses. There is a third kind called a common traverse.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Traverse Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
To sail on different courses. When a rope runs freely through a thimble, &c., it is said to traverse. To traverse a yard is to brace it aft.
Traverse Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
