"private international law" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "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.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
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        {
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          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-private_international_law-en-noun-7M9nTH~F",
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "legal relationship",
          "legal relationship"
        ],
        [
          "civil and commercial matters",
          "private law"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rule on the conflict of laws"
        },
        {
          "word": "conflict of law rule"
        },
        {
          "word": "collision law"
        },
        {
          "word": "international private law"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qānūn dawliyy ḵāṣṣ",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "قَانُون دَوْلِيّ خَاصّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "meždunaródno částno právo",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "междунаро́дно ча́стно пра́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guójì sīfǎ",
          "sense": "law",
          "word": "國際私法 /国际私法"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "law",
          "word": "kansainvälinen yksityisoikeus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "droit international privé"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Internationales Privatrecht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Kollisionsrecht"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "prawo prywatne międzynarodowe"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "direito internacional privado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "meždunaródnoje částnoje právo",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "междунаро́дное ча́стное пра́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "међуна́родно при̏ва̄тно пра́во"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "Latin",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "međunárodno prȉvātno právo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "law",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "derecho internacional privado"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gòt-mǎai-rá-wàang-bprà-têet-pà-nɛ̀ɛk-ká-dii-bùk-kon",
          "sense": "law",
          "word": "กฎหมายระหว่างประเทศแผนกคดีบุคคล"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "private international law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "private international law"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ],
        [
          "legal relationship",
          "legal relationship"
        ],
        [
          "civil and commercial matters",
          "private law"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rule on the conflict of laws"
    },
    {
      "word": "conflict of law rule"
    },
    {
      "word": "collision law"
    },
    {
      "word": "international private law"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qānūn dawliyy ḵāṣṣ",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قَانُون دَوْلِيّ خَاصّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "meždunaródno částno právo",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "междунаро́дно ча́стно пра́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guójì sīfǎ",
      "sense": "law",
      "word": "國際私法 /国际私法"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law",
      "word": "kansainvälinen yksityisoikeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "droit international privé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Internationales Privatrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kollisionsrecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prawo prywatne międzynarodowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "direito internacional privado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meždunaródnoje částnoje právo",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "междунаро́дное ча́стное пра́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "међуна́родно при̏ва̄тно пра́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "međunárodno prȉvātno právo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "law",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "derecho internacional privado"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gòt-mǎai-rá-wàang-bprà-têet-pà-nɛ̀ɛk-ká-dii-bùk-kon",
      "sense": "law",
      "word": "กฎหมายระหว่างประเทศแผนกคดีบุคคล"
    }
  ],
  "word": "private international law"
}