Traffic

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Definitions from Case Law

From 7 U.S. 210 - Hallet and Bowne v. Jenks and Others · 1805Most cited · 5 citing opinions

The terms of the act of congress seem to imply an intentional offence on the part of the owners... when there is no such intention; when the vessel has been absolutely forced, by stress of weather, to go into a French port, and land her cargo; when part has been seized for the use of the government of France, and the master has been forbidden by the public officers of the port to relade the residue, and to sell it for any thing valuable, except the produce of the country, the mere taking away such produce cannot be deemed such a traffic as is contemplated by the act of congress.

United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 1028 — in this section

the term “traffic” means—

(A) to transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, as consideration for anything of value; or

(B) to make or obtain control of with intent to so transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of.

18 U.S.C. § 1029 — as used in this section

the term “traffic” means transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, or obtain control of with intent to transfer or dispose of;

18 U.S.C. § 2320 — for the purposes of this section (5 versions over time)

the term “traffic” means to transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, to another, for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or to make, import, export, obtain control of, or possess, with intent to so transport, transfer, or otherwise dispose of; and

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Commerce; trade; sale or exchange of merchandise, bills, money, and the like.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Commerce; trade; sale or exchange of merchandise, bills, money, and the like. The passing of goods or commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; and a trafficker is one who traffics or a trader, a merchant. Senior v. Ratterman, 44 Ohio St. 673, 11 N. E. 321.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Co.mmerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co.. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757 ; Levine v. Sinte, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Morriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

The passing of goods or commodities from one person to another for an equivalent in goods or money; and a " traf Hoker" is one who traffics — a trader, a merchant.2 It is as much traffic to deal in a commodity by wholesale as at retail. * See Carrier; Commerce.