Sen. John Sherman (R â OH), the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1 â 7) is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or  competition law ) passed by Congress in 1890.he purpose of the [Sherman] Act is not to protect businesses from the working of the market; it is to protect the public from the failure of the market.
By Ginny Wiehardt. Definition: Mystery is a genre of fiction in which a detective, either an amateur or a professional, solves a crime or a series of crimes. Because detective stories rely on logic, supernatural elements rarely come into play.
an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc. 2. a misunderstanding or misconception. verb (used with object), mistook, mistaken, mistaking. 3. to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else: I mistook him for the mayor.