private international law

English

Alternative forms

• international private law

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.

Noun

private international law (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• rules on the conflict of laws, conflict of law rules
• collision law

Translations

law

• Arabic: قَانُون دَوْلِيّ خَاصّ m (qānūn dawliyy ḵāṣṣ)
• Bulgarian: междунаро́дно ча́стно пра́во n (meždunaródno částno právo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際私法／国际私法 (zh) (guójì sīfǎ)

• Finnish: kansainvälinen yksityisoikeus
• French: droit international privé m
• German: Internationales Privatrecht n, Kollisionsrecht n
• Polish: prawo prywatne międzynarodowe n
• Portuguese: direito internacional privado m
• Russian: междунаро́дное ча́стное пра́во n (meždunaródnoje částnoje právo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: међуна́родно при̏ва̄тно пра́во n

  Latin: međunárodno prȉvātno právo n

• Spanish: derecho internacional privado m
• Thai: กฎหมายระหว่างประเทศแผนกคดีบุคคล (gòt-mǎai-rá-wàang-bprà-têet-pà-nɛ̀ɛk-ká-dii-bùk-kon)