mercantile law

mercantile law
noun
the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

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noun
: the laws that govern merchants in business dealings — compare commercial law, law merchant

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mercantile law noun
The law relating to the dealings of merchants with each other
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Main Entry:mercantile

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mercantile law,
= law merchant (def. 1). (Cf.law merchant)

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