English Explanatory Dictionary

clameur de haro

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

clameur de haro clameurs de haro

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.

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