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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A body of law consisting of the recognized and customary commercial principles and practices of merchants rather than formal statutes and regulations.
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- noun the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
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