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• Hue and Cry — are a pop duo formed in 1983 in Coatbridge, Scotland by the brothers Pat Kane (vocals) and Greg Kane (keyboards). They had a number of modest hits in the UK Singles Chart in the late 1980s, and early 1990s, and have released eleven albums from… …   Wikipedia

• Hue and cry — In common law, a hue and cry (Latin, hutesium et clamor , a horn and shouting ) was a process by which bystanders were summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who had been witnessed in the act of committing a crime.By the statute of… …   Wikipedia

• hue and cry — 1. Early Eng. Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm. 2. any public clamor, protest, or alarm: a general hue and cry against the war. [1250 1300; ME, trans. of AF hu et cri. See HUE2, CRY] * * * ▪ …   Universalium

• Kiss and cry — The kiss and cry is the area in an ice rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced after their performances during a figure skating competition; [ [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/kiss and cry area/ kiss and… …   Wikipedia

• Hue and Cry (film) — Infobox Film name = Hue and Cry caption = director = Charles Crichton producer = Michael Balcon writer = T.E.B. Clarke starring = Alastair Sim music = Georges Auric cinematography = Douglas Slocombe editing = Charles Hasse distributor = Ealing… …   Wikipedia

• Hue and cry — The general call to chase a miscreant; also the pursuit itself. Raising a hue and cry was usually done to alert people in the immediate area to a recent crime; public support in the pursuit and arrest of the criminal was obligatory. Pursuit could …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• hue and cry — is an expression that used to mean all the people who joined in chasing a criminal or villain. Nowadays, if you do something without hue and cry, you do it discreetly and without drawing attention …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• The Hue and Cry After Cupid — The Hue and Cry After Cupid, or A Hue and Cry After Cupid, also Lord Haddington s Masque or The Masque at Lord Haddington s Marriage, or even The Masque With the Nuptial Songs at the Lord Viscount Haddington s Marriage at Court, was a masque… …   Wikipedia

• hue and cry — {n.} 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. * / Stop, thief, cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry./ 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• hue and cry — {n.} 1. An alarm and chase after a supposed wrongdoer; a pursuit usually by shouting men. * / Stop, thief, cried John as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry./ 2. An excited mass protest, alarm, or outcry of any kind. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms