conflict of law(s)

noun (plural conflicts of law(s))

Definition

› LAW a legal disagreement in which a law court must decide whether a judgment should be made according to the laws of one country, state, etc., or another: conflict-of-laws rules

(Definition of conflict of law(s) noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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