Speakur

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private international law

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English

Syllables
pri-vate in-ter-na-tion-al law
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.

Uncountable

Etymology

The sense of this word order is that it is private law that typically applies between various nationals, rather than international law of a private character.

Usage

Inflected Forms

international private law (alternative)

Synonyms

rule on the conflict of laws conflict of law rule collision law

Questions

What does private international law mean?
The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.
Where does private international law come from?
The sense of this word order is that it is private law that typically applies between various nationals, rather than international law of a private character.

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