A collective or plural form relating to commercial matters, affairs, or activities; sometimes used in Latin phrases in English legal or business contexts.
From Latin 'commercium' (trade, commerce), maintaining the Latin plural form. This form appears primarily in formal legal documents and international agreements written in Latin or using Latinate terminology.
Latin phrases like 'commercia inter gentes' (commerce between nations) appear in international law because diplomatic agreements were literally written in Latin for centuries, making the language of trade a language of law and power!
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