fair-trade laws

fair-trade laws
State statutes enacted in the first half of the twentieth century permitting manufacturers to set minimum, maximum, or actual selling prices for their products, and thus to prevent retailers from selling products at very low prices.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


fair-trade laws
State statutes enacted in the first half of the twentieth century permitting manufacturers to set minimum, maximum, or actual selling prices for their products, and thus to prevent retailers from selling products at very low prices.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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