Meanings
- The body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
Synonyms: mercantile law, trade law
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 商法
- 商法 (shāngfǎ)body of law that applies to business
Dutch handelsrecht
- handelsrechtbody of law that applies to business
Finnish kauppaoikeus
- kauppaoikeusbody of law that applies to business
French droit commercial
- droit commercialbody of law that applies to business
German Handelsrecht
- Handelsrechtbody of law that applies to business
Greek εμπορικό δίκαιο
- εμπορικό δίκαιο (emporikó díkaio)body of law that applies to business
Icelandic verslunarréttur
- verslunarrétturbody of law that applies to business
Italian diritto commerciale
- diritto commercialebody of law that applies to business
Polish prawo handlowe
- prawo handlowebody of law that applies to business
Spanish derecho mercantil
- derecho mercantilbody of law that applies to business
Swedish handelsrätt
- handelsrättbody of law that applies to business
Cite this entry
commercial law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20law
“commercial law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commercial law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commercial%20law.
Source: commercial law on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.