Free pass
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From 244 U.S. 276 - Norfolk Southern Railroad v. Chatman · 1917Most cited · 59 citing opinions
The designation 'free pass,' as applied to transportation issued or given by railroad companies to shippers and caretakers of stock, had acquired a definite and well-known meaning, sanctioned by the decisions of this court... long prior to the enactment of June 29, 1906, and... Congress must be presumed to have used the designation 'free pass' in the sense given to it by this judicial determination.