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Pertaining to merchants or their business; having to do with trade and commerce or the buying and selling of commodities. See In re San Gabriel Sanatorium (D. C.) 95 Fed. 273; In re Pacific Coast Warehouse Co. (C. C.) 123 Fed. 750; Graham v. Hendricks, 22 La. Ann. 524. Mercantile agencies. Establishments which make a business of collecting information relating to the credit, … [Read more...] about MERCANTILE

In feudal law. A fine or composition paid by inferior tenants to the lord for liberty to dispose of their daughters in marriage. Cowell. The same as march eta {a. v.) … [Read more...] about MERCHET

A market. An old form of the latter word common in Scotch law, formed from the Latin "mercatum." … [Read more...] about MERCAT

An amerciament, penalty, or fine, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about MERCIAMENT

Lat. A market. A contract of sale. Supplies for an army, (com meatus.) … [Read more...] about MERCATUM