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public communication

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

communication by means of television, radio, motion picture, newspaper, magazine, or book.

Defined by the Supreme Court in In Re R M J, 455 U.S. 191 (1982).

United States Code

2 U.S.C. § 431 — in this section

Public communication.—The term “public communication” means a communication by means of any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank to the general public, or any other form of general public political advertising.

52 U.S.C. § 30101 — in this section (2 versions over time)

The term “public communication” means a communication by means of any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank to the general public, or any other form of general public political advertising.

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