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title: "15 U.S.C. § 71"
description: "“Person” defined"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 71 - “Person” defined
## Text
When used in this subchapter the term “person” includes partnerships, corporations, and associations.
(Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, § 800, 39 Stat. 798.)