MERCHANT

A man who traffics or·carries on trade with foreign countries, or who exports and imports goods and sells them by wholesale. Webster. Merchants of this description are commonly known by the name of "shipping merchants." A trader; one who, as a busine , buys and· sells wares and merchandise. See White v. Com., 78 Va. 485; Rosenbaum v. Newbern, 118 N, C. 83, 24 S. E, 1, 32 L. R. A. 123; Galveston County v. Gorham, 49 Tex. 285; In re Cameron, etc., Ins. Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757 i State v. Smith, 5 Humph. (Tenn.) 395; U. S. V• Wong Ah Gah (D. C.) 94 Fed. 832. -Commi ion Jnerchant. See COMMISSION. -Law:merchant. See MERCANTILE.-Merchant appraisers. See APPBAISEB.-Merchant sea:man. A sailor employed in a private ve el, as distinguished from one _employed in the navy or public ships. U. S. v. Sullivan (C. C.) 43 Fed. 604; The Ben Flint, 3 Fed. Cas. 184.-Merchant shipping acts. Certain English statutes, beginning with the St. 16 & 17 Viet. c. 131, whereby a general superintendence of merchant shipping is vested in the board of trade.-Merchants' accounts. Accounts between merchant a.nd merchant, which must be current, mutual, and unsettled, consisting of debts and credits for merchandise. Fox v. Fisk, 6 How. (Mi .) 328.-Mer- hants, statute -of. The English statute 13 Edw. I. St. 3, repealed by 26 & 27 Viet. c. 125. -Statute mez,chant. See STATUTE. [s. 779]