Gibbons v. Ogden

Glossary

• chancery court court that specializes in constitutional issues and property disputes
• coasting license a license giving a vessel the right to trade in American ports
• commerce the buying and selling of goods and the transportation of passengers and goods
• concurrent regulation an area in which the jurisdictions of two governments overlap
• court of errors a court of appeals that reviews the decisions of other courts
• enroll to legally register a vessel
• injunction a legal writ issued by a court forbidding the undertaking of a certain action
• inspection laws public safety measures designed to guarantee quality of merchandise
• intercourse communication or trade between different individuals or groups
• monopoly governmental grant giving an individual the sole right over a certain activity
• police powers the right of a sovereign government to regulate health and morals for the public good
• quarantine laws laws allowing government agents to seize and hold property for public safety