mercantile law

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscommercial lawlaw merchant

   Broaderlaw

   law

Questions about mercantile law

What does mercantile law mean?

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

What is another word for mercantile law?

Close synonyms include commercial law, law merchant. 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.