joint rate
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From 366 U.S. 745 - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad v. United States · 1961Most cited · 25 citing opinions
The essential feature of a joint rate is that connecting roads have agreed or mutually consented to carry traffic from points on one road to points on another road for an aggregate charge which is less than the sum of their local charges between the same points.