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Interstate commerce

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002727

Commercial activity that crosses state lines or affects more than one state within a federal system. This includes the movement of goods, services, and people between states, as well as transactions that have a substantial effect on economic activity in other states. In the United States, the Commerce Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate this activity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002727
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002727",
  "term": "Interstate commerce",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Commercial activity that crosses state lines or affects more than one state within a federal system. This includes the movement of goods, services, and people between states, as well as transactions that have a substantial effect on economic activity in other states. In the United States, the Commerce Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate this activity.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/interstate-commerce/"
}

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