in transitu
Americanadverb
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Their spirits were taking wing, and it was only by extraordinary skill that I effected what lawyer Snoodles said was a complete 'stoppage in transitu.'
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Interrogation, Interrogatively. in trans., in transitu=On the passage. intro., introd.
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On the other hand, there are individuals, whose names are forever before the public, in connection with some work, to be seen of men; but whose gold and silver, unless they are likely to glitter, in transitu, before the eye of the community, are parted with, reluctantly, if at all.
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In grave burial, the gases percolate gradually; and a considerable portion may be reasonably supposed to be neutralized, in transitu.
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His character was at stake in preventing any one from cheating us too much; and, in order to do this, he stopped our funds in transitu.
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