Question

why was the merchant brough to the court
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Answer 1

Answer:

The law merchant was developed in the early 11th century in order to protect foreign merchants not under the jurisdiction and protection of the local law. Foreign traders often were subject to confiscations and other types of harassment if one of their countrymen had defaulted in a business transaction.

Answer 2

Answer:

▸ The merchant whose house was burgled: Because his house’s wall was weak and it fell upon the burgular and killed him