Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mercantile_law

1 sense of mercantile law

Sense 1
mercantile law, commercial law, law merchant -- (the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence)
       => law, jurisprudence -- (the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order")