commerce clause

commerce clause definition - legal

n

The provision in the United States Constitution that gives Congress the sole power to regulate the United StatesÂ’ foreign commerce, interstate commerce, and commerce with Native American tribes.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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