Carta Mercatoria
Carta Mercatoria 〈英〉《贸易特许状》 指1303年爱德华一世颁发给某些外国商人的特许状。以特定的关税作为回报，特许状授予这些外国商人广泛的贸易特权，诸如：在英格兰的任何城镇自由从事批发业的权利、商品出口权、自由选择住所权、免除各种市政捐税，以及在除死罪案件外的一切诉讼中要求获得陪审团审理的权利。
CARTA MERCATORIA
carta mercatoria
Carta Mercatoria (kahr-t[schwa] m[schwa]r-k[schwa]-tor-ee-[schwa]). Hist. An English statute (enacted in 1303) establishing various rules that favored certain foreign merchants. • In exchange for paying customs duties, merchants received extensive trading rights throughout England, the power to export their mer-chandise, the liberty to dwell where they pleased, and certain legal rights. — Also termed Statutum de