In-service Definition

In-service Sentence Examples

• The question of the suppression of the African slave trade, with which was connected the right of search, was settled by an agreement that each nation should keep in service off the coast of Africa a squadron carrying not fewer than eighty guns, and that the two squadrons should act in concert when necessary.

• He continued in service as a military officer, and was commandant of the second battalion of the regiment "Asturias," which formed part of the army collected at Cadiz

• But Sunday Schools were first adopted by Charles to meet the case of young people in service who could not attend during the week, and even in that form much opposition was shown to them because teaching was thought to be a form of Sabbath breaking.

• Some breaks in service may be regarded as a temporary cessation of service and not a break in contract.

• There is still considerable commerce on the Mississippi from St Louis to New Orleans, and a few passenger steamers are still in service.