from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TRANSITUS. The act of going, or of removing goods, from one place to
another. The transitus of goods from a seller commences the moment he has
delivered them to an agent for the purpose of being carried to another
place, and ends when the delivery is complete, which delivery may be by
putting the purchaser into actual possession of the goods, or by making him
a symbolical delivery. 2 Hill, S. C. 587; 5 John. 335; 2 Pick. 599; 11
Pick.. 352; 2 Aik. 79; 5 Ham. 88; 6 Rand. 473. See Stoppage in transitu.