intercept
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 316 U.S. 129 - Goldman v. United States · 1942Most cited · 1,068 citing opinions
this word indicates the taking or seizure by the way or before arrival at the destined place. It does not ordinarily connote the obtaining of what is to be sent before, or at the moment, it leaves the possession of the proposed sender, or after, or at the moment, it comes into the possession of the intended receiver.
How often courts cite the case defining “intercept”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “intercept” — 1,068 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.