publisher
Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
United States Code
20 U.S.C. § 1015b — in this section
The term “publisher” means a publisher of college textbooks or supplemental materials involved in or affecting interstate commerce.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who, by himself or his agent, makes a thing publicly known, one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who by himself or his agent makes a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers. material whether he has any knowledge of its contents or not; 9 Co. 69; Odger, L. As SI. 125, 166, 432; Hawk. PI. Cr. c. 73, $ 10; Dexter v. Spear, 4 Mas. 115, Fed. Cas. No. 3,867; and it is no justification to him that the name of the author accompanies the libel; Dole v. Lyon, 1,0 Johns. (N. Y.) 447, 6 Am. Dec. 346; 2 Mood. & R. 312. See Libel; Publication.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A person who makes a thing publicly known; a person who makes a business of circulating books and the like.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
One who by himself or his agent makes a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.' See Editor; Manufacturer; Newspaper; Printer; Utter, 3.