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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 1. "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title
"Maritime transactions", as herein defined, means charter
parties, bills of lading of water carriers, agreements relating to
wharfage, supplies furnished vessels or repairs to vessels,
collisions, or any other matters in foreign commerce which, if the
subject of controversy, would be embraced within admiralty
jurisdiction; "commerce", as herein defined, 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, but nothing herein
contained shall apply to contracts of employment of seamen,
railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in
foreign or interstate commerce.
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