LAW MERCHANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the body of rules applied to commercial transactions
   • derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
   Synonym(s)
   • commercial law (what does commercial law mean?)
   • mercantile law (what does mercantile law mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) law merchant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • law (what does law mean?)
   • jurisprudence (what does jurisprudence mean?)