Periodical
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Definitions from Case Law
From 226 U.S. 53 - Smith v. Hitchcock · 1912Most cited · 84 citing opinions
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The noun 'periodical,' according to the nice shade of meaning given to it by popular speech, conveys at least a suggestion, if not a promise, of matter on a variety of topics, and certainly implies that no single number is contemplated as forming a book by itself.
How often courts cite the case defining “Periodical”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Periodical” — 84 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.