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uthesium

uthesium [ME outhes, uthes], call to stop criminal, outcry, uproar, hue (v. et. hutesium); b (w. clamor). c jurisdiction to determine whether hue and cry was properly raised. 1220 ~ius levatus [v. l. factus] fuit CurR 260; 1221 ipsum ‥ ceperunt cum ~io levato ‥ et villata de S. B. venit ad ~ium PlCrGlouc 48; si quis ‥ episcopi edictum contempserit, levato primitus utesio super eo, tanquam latro et hostis publicus ‥ in pena capitis puniatur G. Durh. 28; 1322 ~ium erat super ipsum levatum SelCCoron 76; 1405 levavit outesium CourtR Banstead.  b 1218 levavit clamorem et cornavit ~um Eyre Yorks 269; 1225 homines archiepiscopi ‥ cum clamore et †ultragio [ed. Prynne: uthagio] insurgunt in eos RL I 83; 1240 levaverunt uthasiam et clamorem super baillivos regis Cl 182; c1320 nec ipsi levaverunt utesium vel clamorem MGL I 103.  c 1230 concedo ‥ quod habeant liberam curiam ‥ et ~ium et blodwit MonA V 325.

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