A union of different things. A patent may be taken out for a new combination of existing machinery, or machines. See 2 Mason, 112; and Composition of matter. 2. By combination is understood, in a bad sense, a union of men for the purpose of violating the law.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
A conspiracy, or confederation of men for unlawful or violent deeds. A union of different elements. A patent may be taken out for a new combination of existing machines. Stevenson Co. v. McFassel, 90 Fed. 707, 33 C. C. A. 249; Moore v. Schaw (a O.) 118 Fed. 602. Combination in restraint of trade. A trust pool, or other association, of two or more individuals or corporations having for its object to monopolize the manufacture or traffic in a particular commodity, to regulate or control the output, restrict the sale, establish and maintain the price, stifle or exclude competition, or otherwise to interfere with the normal course of trade under conditions of free competition.