Definitions for hue and cry
hue and cry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and crynoun

   loud and persistent outcry from many people

   "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hue and crynoun

   The public pursuit of a felon; accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase.

2. hue and crynoun

   A loud and persistent public clamour; especially one of protest or making some demand.

3. Etymology: From the legal phrase hu e cri.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hue and Cry

   Hue and cry is a common law process where bystanders are summoned to help apprehend a criminal.

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1. hue and cry

   Hue and cry is a phrase that originally referred to a law enforcement practice in medieval England. Under common law, citizens were required to pursue criminal suspects, raising a "hue and cry" to alert others in the community to join in the pursuit. In modern usage, it typically refers to public outcry or an uproar, particularly in response to a perceived wrong or injustice. The term may refer to vehement protest or loud demand from a group of people, generally in a public manner.

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1. Hue and cry

   In common law, a hue and cry is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the act of committing a crime. By the Statute of Winchester of 1285, 13 Edw. I cc. 1 and 4, it was provided that anyone, either a constable or a private citizen, who witnessed a crime shall make hue and cry, and that the hue and cry must be kept up against the fleeing criminal from town to town and from county to county, until the felon is apprehended and delivered to the sheriff. All able-bodied men, upon hearing the shouts, were obliged to assist in the pursuit of the criminal, which makes it comparable to the posse comitatus. It was moreover provided that "the whole hundred … shall be answerable" for any theft or robbery, in effect a form of collective punishment. Those who raised a hue and cry falsely were themselves guilty of a crime. In Oliver Twist, Fagin reads the Hue and Cry which was an early name of the weekly Police Gazette magazine detailing crimes and wanted people.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hue and cry

   In Great Britain, an official gazette, which serves to advertise deserters from her majesty’s service.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hue and cry in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hue and cry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hue and cry
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hue_and_Cry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hue_and_Cry
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hue and cry
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html