noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Channel Islands
Topics: law
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