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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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A term used rather indefinitely to include those main rules and principles which, with more or less minor differences, characterize the commercial transactions and customs of most European countries. It includes within its compass such titles as principal and agent; carriage by land and sea; merchant shipping; guarantee;. marine, fire, life and accident insurance; bills of exchange, partnership, &c.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Commercial Law'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/commercial-law.html. 1910.
 
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