Definition of "in place"

in place

adjective
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1. In an original position.
2. In a proper position.
3. Established; in operation.
adverb
not comparable
1. (obsolete) To a particular place; so as to be present or nearby.
2. Into a proper or intended position; into place.
3. Into a state of deployment or implementation.
  Quotations
  He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
  2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 February 2012, page 162
4. (chiefly Canada, US) Without changing position.