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embargo

arms shipments] 3 : an order by a common carrier or public regulatory agency prohibiting or restricting freight transportation vt -goed -go·ing : to place an embargo on

interstate commerce

interstate commerce : commerce, traffic, transportation, and exchange between states of the U.S. see also commerce clause NOTE: While interstate commerce has been narrowly

toll

tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll] : a charge for the use of a transportation route or facility ;broadly : a charge for use [a water ] vb [Anglo-French tollir toller to take

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joint rate

joint rate : a single rate charged by two or more carriers to transport a shipment of goods over a route

marine insurance

: insurance against loss by damage to or destruction of cargo or the means or instruments of its transportation whether on land, sea, or air see also inland marine insurance, ocean marine insurance

McNabb-Mallory rule

a magistrate will not render a confession inadmissible if the delay was reasonable in light of distance and transportation.

nuisance

[declared that the landfill was a present and prospective public nuisance and ordered…operations to cease "SCA Servs. v. Transportation Ins. Co., 646 N.E.2d 394 (1995)"] called also common nuisance

ocean marine insurance

ocean marine insurance : insurance against risks incident to transportation by sea compare inland marine insurance, marine insurance

operating

business 2 : arising out of or relating to the current daily operations of a concern (as in transportation or manufacturing) as distinct from its financial transactions and permanent improvements [ expenses] [ personnel]

prohibition

act or procedure b cap : the period from 1920 to 1933 in the U.S. when the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors was prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution pro·hib·i·tive [prō-hi-bə-tiv] adj

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