Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
law .
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Examples
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This court also shall have the power of the court of admiralty; and shall have power to constitute judges in port-towns, to try cases belonging to law-merchant, as shall be most convenient for trade.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt
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At first the tolls of the fair and market are collected by the lord, and the law-merchant is administered in the court of his bailiff.
Medieval Europe 1901
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