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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 44. Definitions
The words defined in this section shall have the following
meaning when found in this subchapter, to wit:
"Commerce" means commerce among the several States or with
foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the
District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or
between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or
between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or
foreign nation.
"Corporation" shall be deemed to include any company, trust,
so-called Massachusetts trust, or association, incorporated or
unincorporated, which is organized to carry on business for its own
profit or that of its members, and has shares of capital or capital
stock or certificates of interest, and any company, trust,
so-called Massachusetts trust, or association, incorporated or
unincorporated, without shares of capital or capital stock or
certificates of interest, except partnerships, which is organized
to carry on business for its own profit or that of its members.
"Documentary evidence" includes all documents, papers,
correspondence, books of account, and financial and corporate
records.
"Acts to regulate commerce" means subtitle IV of title 49 and the
Communications Act of 1934 [47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.] and all Acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
"Antitrust Acts" means the Act entitled "An Act to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies", approved
July 2, 1890; also sections 73 to 76, inclusive, of an Act entitled
"An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government,
and for other purposes", approved August 27, 1894; also the Act
entitled "An Act to amend sections 73 and 76 of the Act of August
27, 1894, entitled 'An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue
for the Government, and for other purposes' ", approved February
12, 1913; and also the Act entitled "An Act to supplement existing
laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other
purposes", approved October 15, 1914.
"Banks" means the types of banks and other financial institutions
referred to in section 57a(f)(2) of this title.
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