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Hue and cry

Criminal Law and Procedure Doctrine
Origin 1285 (Statute of Winchester)

In common law, a hue and cry is the process by which bystanders are summoned to help apprehend a criminal who has been witnessed committing a crime. The origin of the phrase is debated: some trace it to an Anglo-French rendering of the Latin hutesium et clamor, meaning a horn and shouting, while others regard it as a legal doublet combining the Old French huer, to shout, and crier, to cry, both carrying essentially the same meaning. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Period
1285 (Statute of Winchester) 1
Core Principle
Bystanders are summoned by outcry and obliged to join the pursuit of a criminal witnessed committing a crime. 1
Origin Period
Origin Period (category)
Medieval / Pre-1500 1
Classification
Doctrine Category
Criminal Law 2
Connections

In Area Of Law

Criminal Law, Doctrines

In Legal System

Common Law, Legal Systems
Source Hue and cry (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Hue and cry (Wikipedia)
  • History, Statute of Winchester
    By the Statute of Winchester of 1285 (13 Edw. 1. St. 2. c. 4), it was provided that anyone, either a constable or a private citizen, who witnessed a crime shall make hue and cry.
  • History section
    All able-bodied men between the ages of fifteen and sixty, upon hearing the shouts, were obliged to assist in the pursuit of the criminal, which makes it comparable to the posse comitatus.
  • In Legal System: Common Law, Introduction
    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 (cf.
  • In Group: Conviction, Sentencing Diversion and Historical Procedure, Introduction, sentence 1
    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 (cf. in flagrante delicto).
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2. Wikipedia: Hue and cry
a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been witnessed in the actView the Source
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