準じゅん拠きょ法ほう

noun

applicable law; governing law; proper law

Legal term used in private international law to refer to the law that governs a particular legal relationship or dispute, often determined by conflict-of-law rules.

• 契けい約やくの準じゅん拠きょ法ほうは日本にほん法ほうとする。

  The governing law of the contract shall be Japanese law.

• 国こく際さい取とり引ひきでは準じゅん拠きょ法ほうの選せん択たくが重じゅう要ようだ。

  In international transactions, the choice of applicable law is important.