conflict of laws

American  

noun

1. dissimilarity or discrepancy between the laws of different legal orders, such as states or nations, with regard to the applicable legal rules and principles in a matter that each legal order wishes to regulate.

2. Also called private international law.  the branch of law dealing with the determination of the law applicable to a private-law matter, of the legal order having jurisdiction to adjudicate such a matter, and of the extent to which an adjudication in such a matter by another legal order is to be recognized and enforced locally.

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Example Sentences

Arbitration under this agreement shall be held in the United States in the Commonwealth of Virginia under Virginia law without regard to its conflict of laws provisions.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2017

If the conflict of laws of New York requires that Egyptian law govern the issue of validity, the court would require expert testimony about Egyptian law that is based on Islamic law.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2011

Fuld's judicial opinions have been especially significant in resolving "conflict of laws" between jurisdictions.

From Time Magazine Archive

West Virginia annotations to the Restatement of the law of conflict of laws.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Wisconsin annotations to the Restatement of the law of conflict of laws as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1964 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office