Hanse Towns
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
LAWS OF THE. The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Lubeek in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged. The text of this digest, and a Latin translation, are published with a commentary by Kuricke; and a French translation has been given by Cleirac. See "Code."
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The collective name of certain German cities, including Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, which formed ap alliance for the mutual protection and furtherance of their commerci] interests, in the twelfth century. The powerful confederacy thus formed was called the “ITlanseaiic gated a code of maritime law, which wis known as the “Laws of the Hanse Towns,” or Jus Hanseaticum Maritimum.