Hanse towns — Hanse Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. [1913 Webster] {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hanse Towns — /hsns tawnz/ The collective name of certain German cities, including Lubeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, which formed an alliance for the mutual protection and furtherance of their commercial interests, in the twelfth century. The powerful confederacy… … Black's law dictionary
Hanse towns — Those towns which were associated together as members of the Hanseatic League. See Hanseatic League … Ballentine's law dictionary
Hanse Towns, laws of the — /loz 3v da haens tawnz/ The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Liibeck, in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged … Black's law dictionary
Hanse Towns, laws of the — /loz 3v da haens tawnz/ The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Liibeck, in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged … Black's law dictionary
Hanse — Hanse, n. [G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. h[=o]s band, troop.] An association; a league or confederacy. [1913 Webster] {Hanse towns} (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laws of the Hanse Towns — /loz 3v da haens tawnz/ The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Liibeck, in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged … Black's law dictionary
laws of the Hanse Towns — /loz 3v da haens tawnz/ The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Liibeck, in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged … Black's law dictionary
hanse — [hans] n. [ME < MFr & < ML hansa, both < MHG & MLowG hanse, association of merchants < OHG hansa, band of men, akin to OE hos, a troop] 1. a medieval guild of merchants 2. a fee paid to this guild the Hanse a medieval league of free… … English World dictionary
Hanse — ♦ An association of merchants who have secured corporate exemption from tolls and other dues; in twelfth century England sometimes used interchangeably with merchant guild . By the later Middle Ages the German Hanse was a formal association of… … Medieval glossary
