MERCANTILE LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mercantile law mean? 

• MERCANTILE LAW (noun)
  The noun MERCANTILE LAW has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MERCANTILE LAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERCANTILE LAW (noun)

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 ("mercantile law" is a kind of...):

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

Domain category:

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