Transportation, means the movement of goods or persons from one place to another by a carrier, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1505.
Transportation, the banishing or sending away a criminal into another country.
This punishment was introduced in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 39 Eliz. c. 4. The word is first used in the 14 Car. 2, c. 23. The punishment was chiefly regulated by 5 Geo. 4, c. 84. Returning from transportation before the expiration of the term of punishment was an offence against public justice, and punishable by transportation for life.-4 & 5 Wm. 4, c. 67. Transportation has been superseded by penal servitude under the Penal Servitude Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. c. 99), as amended by subsequent Acts. See PENAL SERVITUDE.
Also the carriage of passengers of property.
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