Law-merchant, a name often used in law to denote the customs which have grown up among merchants in reference to mercantile documents and business, such as bills of exchange, bills of lading, &c. These customs become incorporated with, and form part of, the common law, and are binding as such.
Law-merchant
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 540
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