fictitious merchant

Japanese: 擬制商人 - ぎせいしょうにん
fictitious merchant

The term "merchant" does not include companies that sell products or services to consumers, as these companies are not independent of each other. In a broad sense, the definition of a "merchant" includes "a person who engages in commercial activities in his/her own name (a proper merchant)" and "a fictitious merchant," as in the Commercial Code.
[Concept of merchant under commercial law]
The Commercial Code defines the entity conducting business as a merchant, but specifically defines a merchant in the following two ways:

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "fictitious merchants" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生産者の販売会社(自動車メーカーの販売子会社等)とか消費者の生活協同組合などは,それぞれから独立していないので,これに含まれない。広義には,たとえば商法の規定のように,〈自己の名をもって商行為をなすを業とする者(固有の商人)〉および〈擬制商人〉を商人とする定義がある。
【商法上の商人概念】
 商法は営業の主体を商人とするが,具体的には次の二つの方法によって商人を定める。…

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