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LAW MERCHANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does law merchant mean?
• LAW MERCHANT (noun)
The noun LAW MERCHANT has 1 sense:
1. the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
Familiarity information: LAW MERCHANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
commercial law; law merchant; mercantile law
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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