Definition of Combination in restraint of trade

1. Noun. (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States).

Generic synonyms: Combination
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa

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Literary usage of Combination in restraint of trade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"209, that defendants, who were charged with forming a combination in restraint of trade, left a limited field open to competition. 2. ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"... by every monopoly or combination in restraint of trade. If it is sustained by the courts, then the rules of law as to such contracts and agreements ..."

3. Trust Laws and Unfair Competition by United States Bureau of Corporations, Joseph E. Davies (1916)
"Forms of combination in restraint of trade. The Sherman Law in section 1 prohibits "every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, ..."

4. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by United States Congress, Marion Mills Miller, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"By the public it was supposed that "every contract and combination in restraint of trade" meant what the words said, and that Congress in using these words ..."

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