interstate commerce — in·ter·state commerce / in tər ˌstāt / n: commerce, traffic, transportation, and exchange between states of the U.S. see also commerce clause ◇ While interstate commerce has been narrowly interpreted in judicial decisions in the past, more recent … Law dictionary
interstate commerce — ➔ commerce … Financial and business terms
interstate commerce — in ter*state com merce, n. Commerce that involves transportation of articles of commerce across state lines. [U.S.] [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Interstate Commerce — (engl., spr. stēt kómmĕrß), in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika Bezeichnung für den Verkehr zwischen den einzelnen Bundesstaaten im Gegensatz zum Internal Commerce (Binnenverkehr innerhalb der einzelnen Staaten) und dem Foreign Commerce… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
interstate commerce — In the U.S., any commercial transaction or traffic that crosses state boundaries or that involves more than one state. Government regulation of interstate commerce is founded on the commerce clause of the Constitution (Article I, section 8),… … Universalium
interstate commerce — Literally, commerce between states. A practical rather than a technical legal conception, impossible of comprehensive definition, but having the distinguishing feature and indispensible element of importation into one state from another state. 15 … Ballentine's law dictionary
interstate commerce — Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another. Such commerce is regulated by the federal government under powers granted in the Constitution. The federal government can also regulate… … Business law dictionary
Interstate Commerce Act — Interstate Commerce Act, auch Interstate Commerce Law, ist die abgekürzte, gewöhnlich gebrauchte Bezeichnung für das unter dem 4. Februar 1887 erlassene, am 5. April 1887 in Geltung getretene Bundesgesetz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, über … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
Interstate Commerce Commission — n. A federal commission that regulates surface transportation between states, including trucks, trains, freight forwarders, oil pipelines, and other commercial carriers, in order to facilitate interstate commerce by ensuring that the public will… … Law dictionary
Interstate Commerce Commission — Interstate Commerce Commission, die durch Bundesgesetz vom 4. Februar 1887 für die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika eingesetzte Bundesaufsichtsbehörde, der die Überwachung des gesamten zwischenstaatlichen Verkehrs auf den Eisenbahnen und… … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens