in transitu

American  

[in trahn-si-too, in tran-si-too, -tyoo] / ɪn ˈtrɑn sɪˌtu, ɪn ˈtræn sɪˌtu, -ˌtju /

adverb

Latin.

1. in transit; on the way.

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in transitu

The monkey is a tall pyramidal kid or bucket, which conveys the grog from the grog-tub to the mess—stealing from this in transitu is so termed.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Until a comparatively short time prior to 1873 the distribution of the mails in transitu was unknown.

From The Mail Pay on the Burlington Railroad by Anonymous

In connection with this was the Soldiers' Rest, where hundreds, and sometimes thousands of men, in transitu, were furnished with good warm meals, and with lodging for the sick, to the extent of its accommodations.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.

Moreover, all prisoners in transitu for any point of exchange, falling into their hands, will be held as paroled, and exchanged.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

Longstreet’s corps is somewhere in transitu between Petersburg and Gordonsville, and would no doubt be ordered here, and it might arrive in time.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp