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Definition of National censorship
1. Noun. Censorship under civil authority of communications entering or leaving of crossing the borders of the United States or its territories or possessions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of National Censorship
Literary usage of National censorship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Motion Pictures: A Study in Social Legislation by Donald Ramsey Young (1922)
"... the national government would meet with general approval. No sound objections
to national censorship on grounds other than of policy have been raised. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"... authorizing national censorship of telegraph and radio communication and a
closer supervision of commercial transactions. Even 8 Texas v. White, 7 Wall. ..."
3. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"The resultant gelatinized substance. nap-of-the-earth flight—See terrain flight
national censorship—(DOD) The examination and control under civil authority ..."
4. The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright (1922)
"... offenses against neutrality, authorizing national censorship of telegraph and
radio communication and a closer supervision of commercial transactions. ..."
5. Survey by Industrial Society (London, England) (1909)
"A plan for effective national censorship could be worked out in this way: Let
the national board concern itself solely with the censorship of pictures ..."
6. The Cinema; Its Present Position and Future Possibilities by National Council of Public Morals, Cinema Commission of Inquiry (1917)
"are trying to put through Congress a national censorship Board, but the film
people are fighting it to a man. 146. THE CHAIRMAN. ..."
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