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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 15 U.S. 119 - United States v. Sheldon · 1817Most cited · 46 citing opinions

ordinary meaning under non-intercourse act

There is no doubt but that the word transport, correctly interpreted as well as in its ordinary acceptation, means to carry, to convey; and in this sense it seems to a majority of the court the legislature intended to use it.

How often courts cite the case defining “Transport”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Transport” — 46 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.