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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 legal definition
noun
A federal law designed to regulate
post-issuance trading of securities by regulating security brokers and
exchanges. State regulations are allowed to continue to govern intrastate
transactions, as long as they do not conflict with the federal law. The act
established the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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