Inconsistency or difference between the laws of different states or countries, arising in the case of persons who have acquired rights, incurred obligations, injuries or damages, or made contracts, within the territory of two or more jurisdictions. Hence, that branch of jurisprudence, arising from the diversity of the laws of different nations, states or jurisdictions, in their application to rights and remedies, which reconciles the inconsistency, or decides which law or system is to govern in the particular case, or settles the degree of force to be accorded to the law of another jurisdiction, (the acts or rights in question having arisen under it) either where it varies from the domestic law, or where the domestic law is silent or not exclusively applicable to the case in point., õigusnormide kogum, mis sätestab eri riikide füüsiliste ja juriidiliste isikute õigussuhteid (nt pärandamise, laenu, ostu- ja müügitehingute puhul) Hõlmab ka kollisiooniõiguse., branche du droit qui détermine quel systeme juridique doit etre retenu dans un litige entre particuliers quand le droit de plusieurs pays semble susceptible d'etre appliqué