1) Clamor 2) Hubbub 3) Hullabaloo 4) Public uproar 5) Uproar
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In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime. By the Statute of Winchester of 1285, 13 Edw. I cc. 1 and 4, it was provided that anyone, either a constable or a private citizen, who witnessed a crime shall make hue and c...
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hue, from Old English hue, huer,
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(from the article `McPherson, James Alan`) In 1968 McPherson published his first volume of short fiction, Hue and Cry. In addition to `Gold Coast,` the bleak tales of Hue and Cry include the ...
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early English legal practice of pursuing a criminal with cries and sounds of alarm. It was the duty of any person wronged or discovering a felony to ...
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Cry of alarm that inhabitants of a manor (or frankpledge) were duty-bound to raise and respond to, in order to assist in the apprehension of crim ...
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the traditional obligation of householders to pursue and apprehend anyone who had committed a felony
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hue, from Old English hue, huer,
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The traditional obligation of householders to chase after and apprehend anyone who had committed a felony.
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In English law, a hue and cry is the pursuit of a felon or offender, with loud outcries or clamour to give an alarm. This procedure was formerly allowed to be taken by a person robbed, or otherwise injured, in order to pursue and get possession of the culprit's person, or by an officer of justice. At common law, a private person who has been robbed...
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the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm. · any public clamor, protest, or alarm: a general hue and cry against the war.
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