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laws merchant

laws merchant is the plural of law merchant.

Meaning of law merchant

Noun

law merchant (countable and uncountable, plural laws merchant)

  1. (historical) A body of commercial law.
    • Yes Madam, I would have Law Merchant for that too—and in all cases of slander currency, whenever the Drawer of the Lie was not to be found, the injured Party should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii

Questions about laws merchant

What is laws merchant the plural of?
Laws merchant is the plural of law merchant.

Words near laws merchant in the dictionary

  1. Lawro
  2. Lawry
  3. Lawrys
  4. laws
  5. laws a mercy
  6. laws merchant
  7. Laws number
  8. Laws numbers
  9. laws of attraction
  10. laws of demand
  11. laws of diminishing marginal utility

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