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clameur de haro

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.

Noun

clameur de haro (plural clameurs de haro)

  1. (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.

Forms of clameur de haro

pluralclameurs de haro

Origin of clameur de haro

From Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.

Questions about clameur de haro

What does clameur de haro mean?
Clameur de haro means 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.
What part of speech is clameur de haro?
Clameur de haro is a noun.
What is the plural of clameur de haro?
The plural of clameur de haro is clameurs de haro.

Words near clameur de haro in the dictionary

  1. clambroths
  2. clamburger
  3. clamburgers
  4. clamdigger
  5. clamdiggers
  6. clameur de haro
  7. clamflat
  8. clamflats
  9. clamjamfrey
  10. clamjamfry
  11. clamjamphrie

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