Hue And Cry
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old English law
A loud outery with which felons (such as robbers, burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were bound to take up, and join in the pursuit, until the malefactor was taken, Iract. fols.
115d, 124; 4 Bl. Comm. 293.
A written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all