COMMERCIAL

Relating to or connect- [ ed with trade lind traffic or commerce in general. U. S. • v. Breed, 24 Fed. Oas. 1222; Earnshaw v. Cadwalader, 145 U. S. 258, 12 Sup. et. 851, 36 L. Ed. 693; Za.nte Currants (C. C.) 73 Fed. 189. -Commercial agency. The same as a. f "mercantile" agency. In re United States Mercantile Reporting, etc., Co., 52 Hun, (ill, 4 N. Y. Supp. 916. See MERCANTILE.-Commercial agent. 1 An officer in the consular service of the United States, of rank inferior to a consul. Also used as equivalent to "Commer- 6 cial. broker," see infra.-Commercial broker, One who negotiates the sale of merchandise without having the po eSl!ion or control of it, being distinguished· in the latter particular from a commi ion merchant. Adkins v. Richmond, 9S Va. 91, 34 S. El 967, 47 L. R. A. 5813, 81 Am. St. Rep. 705; In re Wilson, 19 D. C. H 340, 12 L. R. A. 624; Henderson v. Com., 78 Va. 489.-Commercial corporation.. One engaged in commerce in the broadest sense of that term; hence including a railroad com• puny. Sweatt v. Railroad Co., 23 Fed. Oas. 530.-Commercial domicile, See DOMICILE,-Commercial insurance, See IN- I SURANCE.-Commercial law, A phrase used to designate the whole body of substantive jurisprudence applicable to the rights, intercourse, and relations of persons engaged in commerce, trade, or mercantile pursuits. It is not a very scientific or accurate term. As foreign commerce is carried on by means of shipping, the term has come to be used occasionally as syn- J onymous with "maritime law;" but, in strictne , the phrase "commercial law" is wider. and includes many transactions.or legal questions which have nothing to do with shipping or its incidents. Watson v. Tarpley, 18 How. 521, 15 L. Ed. 509; Williams v. Gold Hill Min. Co. (C. C.) 96 Fed. 464.-Commercial mark. In K French law. A trade-mark is specially or purely" the mark of the manufacturer or producer of the article, while a "commercial" mark is that of the dealer or merchant who distributes the ·product to consumers or the trade. La Republique Frani;aise v. Schultz (C. C.) 57 Fed. 41.-Commercial paper. The term L "commercial paper'' means bills of exchange, promi ory note.s, bank-checks, and other n.egotiable instruments for the payment. of money, which, by their form and on their face, purport to be such instruments as are. by the Iawmerchant, recognized as falling under the designation of "commercial paper." In re Hercules Mut. L. A ur. Soc., 6 Ben. 35, 12 Fed. Oas. M [s. 227]