In old English law. A ioud outcry with which felons (such as rob-bers, burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were hound to take up, and join in the pursuit, nntll the malefactor was taken. Bract fols. 115b, 124; 4 BL Comm. 293
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
