{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s12","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12.","heading":"Definitions; short title","text":"\u00a7\u202f12.\nDefinitions; short title\n(a) \u201cAntitrust laws,\u201d as used herein, includes the Act entitled \u201cAn Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,\u201d approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety; sections seventy-three to seventy-six, inclusive, of an Act entitled \u201cAn Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,\u201d of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; an Act entitled \u201cAn Act to amend sections seventy-three and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled \u2018An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,\u2019\u202f\u201d approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and also this Act.\n\u201cCommerce,\u201d as used herein, means trade or commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States and any State, Territory, or foreign nation, or between any insular possessions or other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or between any such possession or place and any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or any foreign nation, or within the District of Columbia or any Territory or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States:\nProvided\nThe word \u201cperson\u201d or \u201cpersons\u201d wherever used in this Act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.\n(b) This Act may be cited as the \u201cClayton Act\u201d.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s12.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s12","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions; short title"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s12/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cAntitrust laws,\u201d as used herein, includes the Act entitled \u201cAn Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,\u201d approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety; sections seventy-three to seventy-six, inclusive, of an Act entitled \u201cAn Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,\u201d of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; an Act entitled \u201cAn Act to amend sections seventy-three and seventy-six of the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled \u2018An Act to reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes,\u2019\u202f\u201d approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirteen; and also this Act.","children":[{"t":"p","text":"\u201cCommerce,\u201d as used herein, means trade or commerce among the several States and with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States and any State, Territory, or foreign nation, or between any insular possessions or other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or between any such possession or place and any State or Territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or any foreign nation, or within the District of Columbia or any Territory or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States: ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"Provided","tail":", That nothing in this Act contained shall apply to the Philippine Islands."}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"The word \u201cperson\u201d or \u201cpersons\u201d wherever used in this Act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s12/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" This Act may be cited as the \u201cClayton Act\u201d.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}