commercial law
commercial law 商法 １该词最主要指对货物销售和分配、流通票据、信用交易中的资金活动等进行调整的法律。美国的大部分商法都以《统一商法典》〔U.C.C.〕为其准则。又称为mercantile law;２在传统意义上，指商人法〔law merchant〕，形成于中世纪的欧洲，是商人为调整其行为创设的法律体系。在17世纪前，由商人法对当时商业国家中商人和商船进行的交易活动进行调整。商人法的许多原则已经融入普通法，并转而成为美国《统一商法典》的基础。
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commercial law
commercial law. 1. The substantive law dealing with the sale and distribution of goods, the financing of credit transactions on the security of the goods sold, and negotiable instruments. • Most American commercial law is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. — Also termed mercantile law. “Although the term commercial law is not a term
commercial law notice
Under the UCC, notice of a fact arising either as a result of actual knowledge or notification of the fact, or as a result of circumstances under which a person would have reason to know of the fact. UCC § 1-201(25) (2d ed. 1995). [Cases: Sales 235. C.J.S. Sales § 233.]
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national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. An organization that drafts and proposes statutes for adoption by individual states, with the goal of making the laws on various subjects uniform among the states. • Founded in 1892 and composed of representatives from all 50 states, the Conference has drafted more than 200 uniform laws,
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administrative law
administrative law. The law governing the organization and operation of administrative agencies (including executive and independent agencies) and the relations of administrative agencies with the legislature, the execu-tive, the judiciary, and the public. • Administrative law is divided into three parts: (1) the statutes endowing agencies with powers and establishing rules of substantive law relating
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law merchant
law merchant 商人法；商法 欧洲中世纪发展而成的一套商业惯例法，对全球商业国家的商船和商人间的交易予以调整。商法以各国商人间的通用惯例为基础，其虽异于普通法的普通规则，但却已逐渐融入普通法并成为其中的组成部分。该词是从lex mercatoria直译而来的英文表达；其复数形式laws merchant在表示单数时，是一个后置形容词。 (→commercial law)
commercial speech
Communication (such as advertising and marketing) that involves only the commercial interests of the speaker and the audience, and is therefore afforded lesser First Amendment protection than social, political, or religious speech. Cf. pure speech. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.2, 90.3. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 544–545, 561, 568, 570–571, 573–574, 576–577, 581.]
uniform commercial code
Uniform Commercial Code. A uniform law that governs commercial transactions, including sales of goods, secured transactions, and negotiable instruments. • The Code has been adopted in some form by every state. — Abbr. UCC. [Cases: Bills and Notes 2; Sales 3.1; Secured Transactions 3. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit§ 4; Sales §§ 3–4;
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blue law
blue law. A statute regulating or prohibiting commercial activity on Sundays. • Although blue laws were formerly common, they have declined since the 1980s, when many courts held them invalid because of their origin in religion (i.e., Sunday being the Christian Sabbath). Blue laws usu. pass constitutional challenge if they are enacted to support a
commercial code
commercial code (1) 〈美〉商法典 国家统一州法委员会〔National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws〕和美国法律学会〔American Law Institute〕共同制定的贸易规则的汇编。 (→Uniform Commercial Code) (2) (大陆法)商法典 在实行「民商分立」的国家，指在民法典外另行制定的有关商人或商事行为的法典。