 | United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 974 pages
...is traffic; but it is sometimes more. It is intercourse. It describes commercial intercourse between nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by...prescribed rules for carrying on that intercourse." Again: "These words comprehend every species of commercial intercourse between the United States and... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1885 - 636 pages
...navigation. This would restrict a general term applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce undoubtedly is traffic ; but it is something...nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and it i 9 Wheaton's R. 189. regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind... | |
 | 1915 - 1128 pages
...in Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 189, 210 (6 L. Ed. 23): "Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic: but it it something more : it is intercourse. It describes the...nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches." In County of Mobile v. Kimball, 102 US €91, at page 702 (26 L. Ed. 238), occurs this definition :... | |
 | 1885 - 890 pages
...supra). On that occasion, Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in delivering the opinion of the court, said: " Commerce undoubtedly is traffic; but it is something more. It is intercourse. It describes the coinmer647 cial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its brandies; and is regulated... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1886 - 764 pages
...navigation. This would restrict a general term applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce undoubtedly is traffic ; but it is something...of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive a system for regulating... | |
 | 1886 - 706 pages
...a general term, applicable to many objects to one of its signification». Commerce, undoubtedly, ig traffic, but it is something more : it is intercourse....nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, aud is regulated by presenting rules for carrying on that intercourse (pp. 187-190). • *»*•**... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Animal Industry - 1886 - 702 pages
...navigation. This would restrict a general term, applicable to many objects to one of its significations. Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something...describes the commercial intercourse between nations, aud parts of nation«, in all its branches, and is regulated by presenting rules for carrying ou that... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1886 - 800 pages
...unanimously agreed. "Commerce," said the learned judge, "means trade, and it means intercourse. It means commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations, in all its branches. It includes navigation, as the principal means by which foreign intercourse is effected. To regulate... | |
 | Virgil Anson Lewis - 1887 - 766 pages
...navigation. This would restrict a general term, applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something...prescribed rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive a system for regulating commerce between nations which shall exclude... | |
 | 1916 - 948 pages
...commerce is that of the communication of people" with the classic remark of Chief Justice Marshall: "Commerce undoubtedly is traffic, but it is something more; it is intercourse." where the Law Merchant prevailed 9 and among which may be mentioned London, Bristol, and Norwich. In... | |
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Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. 
