French Colonial Louisiana Vocabulary

the buying and selling of goods and services; trade

• Agriculture
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Commerce

money that is spent in order to make a profit

• expense
• loss
• waste
• investment

a written or spoken agreement, usually about business

• Contract
• Negotiation
• Agreement
• Settlement

the complete ownership or control of a resource or industry

• Competition
• Collaboration
• Regulation
• Monopoly

a person who governs a kingdom when the monarch is unable to

• tyrant
• dictator
• regent
• usurper

release from enslavement

• manumission

• oppression
• subjugation
• imprisonment

the arrival of a large number of people

• influx
• exodus
• trickle
• outflow

a system of law in which codes and statutes carry greater weight

than prior court decisions

• civil law
• criminal law
• common law
• constitutional law

a system of law in which prior court decisions carry greater

weight than codes and statutes

• Criminal law
• Civil law
• Constitutional law
• Common law

something that is owned by a person, company, or country

• Car
• Banana
• asset

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