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commerce clause

Matched in: Term commerce clause

interstate commerce

Matched in: Term interstate commerce

power

under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce esp. among the states see also commerce clause concurrent power : a power that is held simultaneously by more than one entity ;specif : a power

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commerce

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navigable water

navigable water Any body of water that is usable for commerce or travel under the Commerce Clause. Source: FindLaw

preemption

the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution and is closely related to the powers granted Congress in the commerce clause. 3 : an act or instance of preempting

Trinity house

Trinity house, a society at Deptford Strond, incor-porated by Henry VIII. in 1515, for the promotion of commerce and navigation by licensing and regulating pilots, and ordering and erecting beacons, lighthouses, buoys, etc., and stated in … and brought up to watercraft most meet for Her Majesty's marine service.' Under the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (q.v.), buoys are to be laid down as may be directed by, and lighthouses, beacons are

Goods

of wide connotation and includes everything of use or value which can be an object of trade and commerce. The definition of 'goods' in the Sale of Goods Act is also of wide import which mean the … AIR 1977 SC 687: (1977) 2 SCC 77: (1977) 2 SCR 149. The term 'goods' is defined in clause (7) of s. 2 of the Sale of Goods Act as follows: Goods means every kind of movable

Industry

profits are made, they are not distributed among the members, Management of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry v. Their Workman, Shri R.K. Mittal, AIR 1972 SC 763: (1972) 1 SCC 40: (1972) 2 … 1976 SC 145: (1975) 2 SCC 847: (1976) 2 SCR 138. The definition of the word 'industry' in clause (b) of the Explanation to that section is undoubtedly unduly wide since it includes 'any business, profession, trade,

Commercial establishment

to (a). [Delhi Shops and Establishments Act, 1954, s. 2(5)], Chief Commissioner v. Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry, (1975) 3 SCC 64: AIR 1974 SC 1527: (1975) 1 SCR 348. Means 'an establishment or … are included is to the Factories Act of 1934, but by virtue of s. 8 of the General Clauses (1987 10 of 1897), it must be construed as a reference to the provisions of the Factories Act

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