De Mercatoribus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. Of merchants. The title of a statute passed in the 13th year of Edward L, by which all the lands of a debtpr, where the debt was contracted in trade, might be delivered to the creditor to hold in pledge until the debt was levied, when the land was to be restored.
Stat, de Merc, 13 Fdw. I. st. 3. 2 BL Com, 161.
The recognizance mtroduced by this statute was called a statute merchant.
Id, 160. 2 Reeves* Hist, 160 —162.