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• Commerce Clause — n often cap both Cs: a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to regulate interstate commerce and commerce with foreign countries and that forms the constitutional basis for much federal regulation see also …   Law dictionary

• commerce — com·merce n 1: the exchange or buying and selling of goods, commodities, property, or services esp. on a large scale and involving transportation from place to place: trade (2) see also commerce clause; fair labor standards act in the important… …   Law dictionary

• regulate — reg·u·late vt lat·ed, lat·ing 1: to govern or direct according to rule 2 a: to bring under the control of law b: to make regulations for or concerning Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Commerce Clause — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I · …   Wikipedia

• commerce clause — In the Constitution of the United States (Article I, section 8), the clause that authorizes Congress To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes. It is the legal foundation of much of the U.S.… …   Universalium

• regulate — To fix, establish, or control; to adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. The power of Congress to regulate commerce is the power to enact all appropriate… …   Black's law dictionary

• commerce — The exchange of goods, productions, or property of any kind; the buying, selling, and exchanging of articles. Anderson v. Humble Oil and Refining Co., 226 Ga. 252, 174 S.E.2d 415, 417. The transportation of persons and property by land, water and …   Black's law dictionary

• commerce — The exchange of goods, productions, or property of any kind; the buying, selling, and exchanging of articles. Anderson v. Humble Oil and Refining Co., 226 Ga. 252, 174 S.E.2d 415, 417. The transportation of persons and property by land, water and …   Black's law dictionary

• commerce clause — The third clause of the eighth section of the first article of the United States Constitution providing that Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• regulate — reg‧u‧late [ˈregjleɪt] verb [transitive] LAW to check that business activities, financial activities etc are legal and fair: • The Personal Investment Authority regulates the selling of ISAs to the public. • Many futures exchanges are closely… …   Financial and business terms

• regulate — verb ADVERB ▪ closely, heavily, strictly, tightly ▪ The use of these chemicals is strictly regulated. ▪ carefully, properly ▪ …   Collocations dictionary