clameur de haro

English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.

Noun

clameur de haro (plural clameurs de haro)

1. (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)

1. hue and cry
2. clameur de haro