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Noun: law merchant  'lo'mur-chunt
  1. (law) the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
    - mercantile law, commercial law

Derived forms: laws merchant, law merchants

Type of: jurisprudence, law

Encyclopedia: Law merchant

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