clameur de haro
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.
Noun
clameur de haro (plural clameurs de haro)
- (law, Channel Islands) An ancient Norman legal procedure, still valid in the Channel Islands, in which any person can publicly recite a certain formula calling on the sovereign's aid and thereby create a form of injunction requiring certain conduct to cease until a court can determine its lawfulness.
French
Noun
clameur de haro f (uncountable)
- hue and cry
- clameur de haro