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PRONUNCIATION OF LAW MERCHANT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAW MERCHANT

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Law merchant is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LAW MERCHANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lex mercatoria

Lex mercatoria is the body of commercial law used by merchants throughout Europe during the medieval period. It evolved similar to English common law as a system of custom and best practice, which was enforced through a system of merchant courts along the main trade routes. It functioned as the international law of commerce. It emphasised contractual freedom and alienability of property, while shunning legal technicalities and deciding cases ex aequo et bono. A distinct feature was the reliance by merchants on a legal system developed and administered by them. States or local authorities seldom interfered, and did not interfere a lot in internal domestic trade. Under lex mercatoria trade flourished and states took in large amounts of taxation.

Definition of law merchant in the English dictionary

The definition of law merchant in the dictionary is the body of rules and principles determining the rights and obligations of the parties to commercial transactions; commercial law.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAW MERCHANT

law clerk
law court
Law Courts
law enforcement
law enforcement agency
law enforcement officer
Law Faculty
Law French
Law Lord
Law Lords
law of averages
law of effect
Law of Independent Assortment
law of large numbers
Law of Moses
law of nations
law of nature
Law of Segregation
law of supply and demand
law of the jungle

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAW MERCHANT

bacchant
chant
coal merchant
couchant
disenchant
elephant
enchant
etchant
Gregorian chant
merchant
penchant
plainchant
plumber´s merchant
provision merchant
scrap merchant
seed merchant
speed merchant
timber merchant
trenchant
wine merchant
wool merchant

Synonyms and antonyms of law merchant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «law merchant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAW MERCHANT

Find out the translation of law merchant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of law merchant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «law merchant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

商法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

derecho mercantil
570 millions of speakers

English

law merchant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कानून व्यापारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التاجر القانون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торговое право
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comerciante lei
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইন ব্যবসায়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loi marchand
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saudagar undang-undang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

law merchant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法律の商人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법 상인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hukum pedagang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thương gia pháp luật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்ட வணிகர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदा व्यापारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tacir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legge mercante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawo sklep
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торгове право
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drept comerciant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νόμο έμπορος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handel reg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lag köpman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lov kjøpmann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of law merchant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAW MERCHANT»

The term «law merchant» is normally little used and occupies the 134.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAW MERCHANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about law merchant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAW MERCHANT»

Discover the use of law merchant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to law merchant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Law Merchant: The Evolution of Commercial Law
Proposes that the legal diminution of the freedom totransact across national boundaries undermines theautonomy of business obligations.
Leon E. Trakman, 1983
2
Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant ...
An examination of the historical and contemporary influence of private power in the global economy.
A. Claire Cutler, 2003
3
An Enquiry Into the Law Merchant of the United States, Or, ...
Reprint of the sole edition. With an appendix of forms. As Horwitz points out in The Transformation of American Law, this is the first American treatise on commercial law (150).
George Caines, 1802
4
Lex Mercatoria and Arbitration: A Discussion of the New Law ...
'-From Chapter Two. This revised volume provides a more comprehensive view of the international arbitration process & a more focused & developed set of perspectives on the problem of the lex mercatoria than ever before.
Thomas E. Carbonneau, 1998
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A treatise of the law relative to merchant ships and seamen: ...
... seems to consider the rule, as to the jus accrescendi, not applicable either to partnerships generally, or to ownership of vessels in shares, but as an exception created by the law merchant, and necessary for the advancement of commerce.
Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden), John Henry Abbott (Baron Tenterden), John Henry Abbott, 1829
6
The Law Merchant and Negotiable Instruments in Colonial New ...
Examines an important and complex period in the history of the laws and customs devised by merchants to regulate their relations with each other, and the changes in the law merchant and in negotiable instruments in colonial New York during ...
Herbert Alan Johnson, 2010
7
Economic Governance in the Age of Globalization
With the growth of the centralized state, the law merchant and its courts were incorporated into domestic legal systems. The separation of the economic from the political allowed private law, contracts, torts and a body of private international ...
William K. Tabb, 2004
8
The History and Theory of English Contract Law
Fiction of immemorial usage. Modern usage. Law merchant not an exotic. the English courts and thereby became a part of the common law. The growth of the law of bills and notes is thus highly instructive. It furnishes us in very modern times ...
Thomas Atkins Street, 1999
9
The Foundations of English Bankruptcy: Statutes and ...
The law merchant, that is, the custom of the merchants, never matched the international strength of canon and civil law. Furthermore, merchant courts in England had not developed to the same degree as in some other places, although the ...
W. J. Jones, 1979
10
The Law of the Other: The Mixed Jury and Changing ...
on the usages of a merchant class, administered by merchants, and not limited to particular issues, the law merchant was like the law of other communities. It was the custom of a community, known to the members of that community.
Marianne Constable, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAW MERCHANT»

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1
CR Talk - Profit and responsibility
The medieval law merchant supported a predominantly private commercial order, generating merchant laws and institutions that operated ... «The Sun Daily, Jun 15»
2
No, War is Not the Health of Peace and Prosperity
... over by such non-state, transnational, spontaneous-order legal institutions as the Lex Mercatoria (Law Merchant) and Admiralty Law. «Antiwar.com, Jun 15»
3
Facebook Hoax spreads amongst Whanau
(b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of [the Uniform Commercial Code], the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant ... «TangataWhenua.com: Maori News & Views, Jan 15»
4
How Venice became a museum
The Law Merchant was introduced and became universally accepted as the foundation of modern commercial law. It used a court of peers to ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 14»
5
Clear rules on market competition in Paraguay
... constitutional principle in Paraguay, competition principles where included in different laws, including the Law Merchant, the Trademarks Act, ... «Lexology, Jun 14»
6
Lord Mansfield: Justice in the Age of Reason, by Norman S. Poser
Mansfield, whose work dominated his age, is seen today as the founder of modern commercial law, importing the international Law Merchant ... «Times Higher Education, May 14»
7
Court Of Appeal Rejects Use Of Equity To Override PPSA Priority …
68 (1) The principles of the common law, equity and the law merchant, except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Apr 14»
8
Amendments to Delaware Limited Liability Company Act Confirm …
... in this chapter, the rules of law and equity, including the rules of law and equity relating to fiduciary duties and the law merchant, shall govern. «The National Law Review, Jan 14»
9
Does Exercising the Second Amendment Invalidate the Fourth …
Only “corporate polices” as everything is now considered as being “commercial” under Admiralty Law Merchant Contract Law based on Roman ... «AmmoLand.com, Dec 13»
10
YOUR IGNORANCE OF THE IRS IS THEIR WEAPON AGAINST YOU
(b) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of [the Uniform Commercial Code], the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant ... «NewsWithViews.com, Sep 13»

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