Word: clameur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...later days, when Rollo was gone, Normans resorted to the cry of "Haro" (possibly a contraction of "Ha, Rollo") to call the old duke's attention to the new wickedness that stalked the land. In time the Clameur de Haro became the Norman equivalent for a court injunction, a legal demand to stop wrongdoing. The Code Napoleon put Haro out of business in Normandy proper, but in Channel Islands law the Clameur de Haro still had the force of law and "Haro being called, the enterprise must cease...