LAW MERCHANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence

Synonyms:

commercial law; law merchant; mercantile law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("law merchant" is a kind of...):

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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