clameur de haro (English, noun)
expansion: clameur de haro (plural clameurs de haro)
Senses:
topics: law
qualifier: Channel Islands
glosses: 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:
form: clameurs de haro
tags: plural