Commutation Ticket - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition commutation-ticket

Definition :

A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance as increase of travel specif a ticket for a certain number of or for daily trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the Interstate Commerce Act of Feb 4 1887 24 Stat 379 and in 145 U S 263 it was held that party tickets were also excepted as being ldquoobviously within the commuting principlerdquo