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The record
- Level
- Legal authority
- Authority
- Merriam-Webster.com, 'commerce' (page as archived by the Wayback Machine nearest Mar. 27, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Character
- dictionary
Operative words
Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. (Gibbons, 22 U.S. at 189-90)... commerce: 2: the exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place (Merriam-Webster, page as captured Mar. 2020)... 1. The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nations. (American Heritage, 5th ed.)
Notes
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