law merchant

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsmercantile lawcommercial law

   Broaderlaw

   law

Questions about law merchant

What does law merchant mean?

law merchant means "the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence".

What is another word for law merchant?

Close synonyms include mercantile law, commercial law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.