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private international law

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

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.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَانُون دُوَلِيّ خَاصّ (qānūn duwaliyy ḵāṣṣ) — law
  • Bulgarian: междунаро́дно ча́стно пра́во (meždunaródno částno právo) — law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際私法 /国际私法 (guójì sīfǎ) — law
  • Finnish: kansainvälinen yksityisoikeus — law
  • French: droit international privé — law
  • German: Internationales Privatrecht — law
  • German: Kollisionsrecht — law
  • Polish: prawo prywatne międzynarodowe — law
  • Portuguese: direito internacional privado — law
  • Russian: междунаро́дное ча́стное пра́во (meždunaródnoje částnoje právo) — law
  • Serbo-Croatian: међуна́родно при̏ва̄тно пра́во — law
  • Serbo-Croatian: međunárodno prȉvātno právo — law
  • Spanish: derecho internacional privado — law
  • Thai: กฎหมายระหว่างประเทศแผนกคดีบุคคล (gòt-mǎai-rá-wàang-bprà-têet-pà-nɛ̀ɛk-ká-dii-bùk-kon) — law