clameur de haro

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounclameur de haro (plural clameurs de haro)

plural clameurs de haro

  1. Channel IslandslawAn 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.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.

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