See Also: porte(medicine)
PAYS(law)
mal du pays(dictionary)
Porte(dictionary)
carte du pays(dictionary)
PAIS, or PAYS(law)
MATTER IN PAYS(law)
CRY DE PAYS, OR CRI DE PAIS(law)
Pays de la Loire(tourism)
porte-monnaie(dictionary)

CRY DE PAYS, OR CRI DE PAIS (law) and Porte (iou)


CRY DE PAYS, OR CRI DE PAIS (law)


CRY DE PAYS, OR CRI DE PAIS. Literally, cry of the country. In England, when a felony has been committed, hue and cry (q.v.) may be raised by the a felony has been committed, hue and cry (q.v.) may be raised by the country, in the absence of the constable. It is then cry de pays. 2 Hale, P. country, in the absence of the constable. It is then cry de pays. 2 Hale, P. C. 100. C. 100.

Porte (iou)



Porte noun. E17.
[French (la Sublime) Porte (the exalted) gate translating Turkish official title of the central office of the Ottoman Government.]
Hist. More fully the Sublime Porte, the Ottoman Porte. The Ottoman court at Constantinople; transf. the Turkish government.