单词 | law-merchant |
释义 | law-merchantn. Commerce. A special system of rules for the regulation of trade and commerce, differing in some respects from the Common Law. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > commercial law law-merchant1622 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 27 That he begynne his pleynt..or to the comoune lawe or to the lawe marchaund, or to the lawe maryn. 1622 Malynes (title) Consuetudo vel Lex Mercatoria, or the Ancient Law-Merchant. 1663 A. Marvell Let. 14 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 35 Those things may better be redressed by the Law Merchant or lex mercatoria. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 22 Liberty of Conscience, Registry of Conveyances,..and Law Merchant, rise all from the same Spring, tend to the same Sea. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 399/2 All nations..show a particular regard to the law-merchant. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 51 Yes, madam, I would have law merchant for them too. 1856 H. Broom Comm. Common Law 11 Lord Campbell remarks that the general lien of bankers is part of the law merchant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1436 |
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