commercial law

noun

1. the legal regulations governing transactions and related matters in business and trade.

Word History and Origins

Origin of commercial law¹

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Heist, who specializes in commercial law and litigation, would seem an unusual legal adversary for the institution.

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Pamela Foohey, a law professor at Indiana University Bloomington who specializes in consumer, bankruptcy and commercial law, said filing small claims suits against parents is likely a useful way to collect unpaid fees for school districts.

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Closely connected with the reform of the currency and the codification of the commercial law was the reform of the banking laws.

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Pinkney especially would become eloquent, even in an argument of dry, commercial law, if women entered the court-room.

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The subject of Commercial Law is of great and growing importance in the multiplying relations of mankind.

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Indeed, his knowledge of commercial law was so complete, that a professional could not have taught him anything.

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I do not mean to deprecate a gradual approach to the English system, especially in commercial law.

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