Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Hanse Towns
(hans). Hist. The collective name of certain German cities - including Ldbeck, Hamburg, and Bremen - that allied in the 12th century to protect and further their mutual commercial interests. 0 This alliance was usu. called the Hanseatic League. The League framed and promulgated a code of maritime law known as the Laws of the Hanse Towns, or Jus Hanseaticum Maritimum. The League's power peaked in the 14th century, then gradually declined until 1669, when the last general assembly was held.
Hanse Towns, laws of the.
Hist. The laws of the Hanseatic towns, esp. that of Ldbeck, published in German at Lubeck in 1597 and revised and enlarged in 1614.
Hazantown agreement
A type of collective-bargaining agreement used in the garment industry, governing the relationship between a jobber and the contractors that produce the jobber's garments. ( The agreement does not govern the relationship between the jobber and its own employees. It governs the relationship between the jobber and the contractors that manufacture the garments that the jobber sells, including agreements that the jobber will use only unionized contractors, will ensure that salaries and bonuses are appropriately paid, and will contribute to employeebenefit funds maintained on behalf of the contractor's employees. This term gets its name from Hazantown, Inc., the jobber involved in Danielson u. Joint Bd. of Coat, Suit & Allied Garment Workers' Union, 494 F.2d 1230 (2d Cir. 1974). - Also termed jobber's agreement.
Town
1. A center of population that is larger and more fully developed than a village, but that (traditionally speaking) is not incorporated as a city. 2. The territory within which this population lives. 3. Collectively, the people who live within this territory. Cf. CITY. "A town is a precinct anciently containing ten families, whereupon in some countries they are called tithings, within one of which tithings every man must be dwelling, and find sureties for his good behaviour, else he that taketh him into his house is to be amerced in the leet." Sir Henry Finch, law, or a Discourse Thereof 80 (1759).
Townhouse
A dwelling unit having usu. two or three stories and often connected to a similar structure by a common wall and (particularly in a planned-unit development) sharing and owning in common the surrounding grounds. - Also termed townhome.
Township
1. In a government survey, a square tract six miles on each side, containing thirtysix square miles of land. 2. In some states, a civil and political subdivision of a county.
Townsite
A portion of the public domain segregated by proper authority and procedure as the site for a town.
county town
See COUNTY SEAT.
open town
Int'l law. An undefended city in a combat zone that is laid open to the grasp of the attacking forces.
town clerk
An officer who keeps the records, issues calls for town meetings, and performs the duties of a secretary to the town's political organization.
town collector
A town officer charged with collecting the taxes assessed by a town.
town commissioner
A member of the board of administrative officers charged with managing the town's business.
town crier
Hist. A town officer responsible for making proclamations related to town business.
town hall
A building that houses the offices of a town's government.
town meeting
1. A legal meeting of a town's qualified voters for the administration of local government or the enactment of legislation. ( Town meetings of this type are common in some New England states. 2. More generally, any assembly of a town's citizens for the purpose of discussing political, economic, or social issues. 3. Modernly, a televised event in which one or more politicians meet and talk with representative citizens about current issues.
town order
An official written direction by the auditing officers of a town, directing the treasurer to pay a sum of money. - Also termed town warrant.
town purpose
A municipal project or expenditure that concerns the welfare and advantage of the town as a whole.
town treasurer
An officer responsible for maintaining and disbursing town funds.
town warrant
See TOWN ORDER.
town-bonding act
A law authorizing a town, county, or other municipal corporation to issue its corporate bonds for the purpose of aiding in construction, often of railroads. - Also termed town-bonding law.
township trustee
One of a board of officers to whom, in some states, a township's affairs are entrusted.