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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 390 U.S. 676 - Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · 1968Most cited · 632 citing opinions
any commercial promotional material initiated by an exhibitor designed to bring a film to public attention or to increase the sale of tickets to exhibitions of same, whether by newspaper, billboard, motion picture, television, radio, or other media within or originating within the City of Dallas.
United States Code
7 U.S.C. § 1561 — for the purposes of this chapter
The term “advertisement” means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter.
21 U.S.C. § 843 — in this section
It shall be unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publications, any written advertisement knowing that it has the purpose of seeking or offering illegally to receive, buy, or distribute a Schedule 1 I controlled substance. As used in this section the term “advertisement” includes, in addition to its ordinary meaning, such advertisements as those for a catalog of Schedule 1 I controlled substances and any similar written advertisement that has the purpose of seeking or offering illegally to receive, buy, or distribute a Schedule 1 I controlled substance. The term “advertisement” does not include material which merely advocates the use of a similar material, which advocates a position or practice, and does not attempt to propose or facilitate an actual transaction in a Schedule 1 I controlled substance.
47 U.S.C. § 399B — for purposes of this section (6 versions over time)
For purposes of this section, the term “advertisement” means any message or other programming material which is broadcast or otherwise transmitted in exchange for any remuneration, and which is intended—
(1) to promote any service, facility, or product offered by any person who is engaged in such offering for profit;
(2) to express the views of any person with respect to any matter of public importance or interest; or
(3) to support or oppose any candidate for political office.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Information or knowledge communicated to individuals or the pub- A notice published in handbills, placards, a. newspaper, etc.; cited in Darst v. Doom, 38 111. App. 397. The law in many instances requires parties to advertise in order to give notice of acts which are to be done; in these the advertisement is in general equivalent to notice. But there are cases in which such notice is not sufficient, unless brought home to the actual knowledge of the party. Thus, notice of the dissolution of partnership by advertisement in a newspaper printed in the place where the business is carried on, although it is of itself notice to all persons who have had no previous dealings with the firm, yet is not notice to those who have had such previous dealings; it must be shown that persons of the latter class have received actual notice; Watkinson v. Bank, 4 Whart. (Pa.) 484, 34 Am. Dec. 521. See Vernon v. Manhattan Co., 17 Weud. (N. Y.) 526; id., 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 183; Lind. Part. ♦222; Mauldin v. Bank, 2 Ala. 502; Hutchins v. Bank, 8 Humphr. (Tenn.) 418; 3 Bingh. 2. It has been held that the printed conditions of a line of public coaches are sufficiently made known to passengers by being posted up at the place where they book their names; Whitesell v. Crane, 8 W. & S. (Pa.) 373; 3 Esp. 271. An advertisement by a railroad corporation in a newspaper in the English language of a limitation of its liability for baggage is not notice to a passenger who does not understand English; Camden & A. R. Co. v. Baldauf, 16 Pa. 68, 55 Am. Dec. 481. An ordinary advertising sheet is not a newspaper for the purpose of advertisement as required by law, and when notice is required to 6e published in two newspapers, English papers are presumed to be intended; Tyler v. Bowen, 1 Pittsb. (Pa.) 225; the posting up of a page of a newspaper, containing a large number of separate advertisements, will not be considered a handbill; Clark v. Chambers, 1 Pittsb. (Pa.) 224. When an advertisement contains the terms of sale, or description of the property to be sold, it will bind the seller. Advertisements published bona fide for the apprehension of a person suspected of crime, or for the prevention of fraud, are privileged; Heard, Lib. & Sland. § 131. A sign-board, at a person's place of business, giving notice of lottery-tickets being for sale there, is an "advertisement"; Com. v. Hooper, 5 Pick. (Mass.) 42. See Notice; Flag.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Notice given in amanner designed to attract public attention; information communicated to the public, or to an individual concerned, by means of handbills or the newspaper. A sign-board, erected at a person’s place of business, giving notice that lottery tickets are for sale there, is an “advertisement,” tion the meaning of the word is not confined to notices printedin newspapers. 5 Pick. 42. ADVERTISEMENTS OF QUEEN -
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
* Information given by hand-bill or newspaper. See Letter, 8; Reward, 1. Ofllcial advertisement. Such as is made by some public authority and in pursuance of law. Advertisement in a newspaper, under direction of law, is equivalent to notice; as, of a proceeding in coiu-t, of the dissolution of a partnership. See Publication, 1. The exclusive right to employ a particular method of advertising, as by a card displaying paints of various colors, is not the subject of a copyright.*