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)
LAW MERCHANT
law merchant
law merchant. A system of customary law that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages and regulated the dealings of mariners and merchants in all the commercial countries of the world until the 17th century. • Many of the law merchant’s principles came to be incorporated into the common law, which in turn formed the