29 USC § 53 - “Person” or “persons” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s53"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "29 USC § 53 - “Person” or “persons” defined"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "53"
section_name: "“Person” or “persons” defined"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "LABOR DISPUTES; MEDIATION AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 1, 38 Stat. 730.)"
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# § 53. “Person” or “persons” defined

section 52 of this title

The word “person” or “persons” wherever used in  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.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, § 1, 38 Stat. 730.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on the 3d par. of section 1(a) of the Clayton Act (, as amended by , ). Section 1 of the Clayton Act is classified in its entirety to , Commerce and Trade.