hue+and+cry
11hue and cry — hue′ and cry′ n. 1) public clamor 2) law (formerly) the pursuit of a felon with loud outcries • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME, trans. of AF hu et cri …
12Hue and cry — In common law, a hue and cry (Latin, hutesium et clamor , a horn and shouting ) was a process by which bystanders were summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who had been witnessed in the act of committing a crime.By the statute of… …
13hue and cry — 1. Early Eng. Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm. 2. any public clamor, protest, or alarm: a general hue and cry against the war. [1250 1300; ME, trans. of AF hu et cri. See HUE2, CRY] * * * ▪ …
14Hue and cry — The general call to chase a miscreant; also the pursuit itself. Raising a hue and cry was usually done to alert people in the immediate area to a recent crime; public support in the pursuit and arrest of the criminal was obligatory. Pursuit could …
15hue and cry — {n.} 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. * / Stop, thief, cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry./ 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. *… …
16hue and cry — {n.} 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. * / Stop, thief, cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry./ 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. *… …
17hue\ and\ cry — noun 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. Stop, thief, cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry. 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. The… …
18Hue and cry — The requirement of all members of a village to pursue a criminal with horn and voice. It is a duty of any person discovering a felony to raise the hue and cry and his neighbors are bound to assist him in pursuit and capture of the offender. ♦… …
19hue and cry — The old common law process of pursuing with horn and with voice, all felons, and such as have dangerously wounded another. 4 Bl Comm 293. See Statute of Hue and Cry; vociferatio …
20hue and cry — an excited protest or alarm or outcry They raised a big hue and cry when they realized that we had failed to notify the bank about our financial problems …
