Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Proclamation
A formal public announcement made by the government.
emancipation proclamation
An executive proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declaring that all persons held in slavery in certain designated states and districts were freed.
neutrality proclamation
Int'l law. At the outbreak of a war between two nations, an announcement by the President that the United States is neutral and that its citizens may not violate the neutrality laws, as in the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793, issued during the war between France and Great Britain.
proclamation by lord of manor
Hist. A proclamation (repeated three times) made by the lord of a manor requiring an heir or devisee of a deceased copyholder to pay a fine and be admitted to the estate, failing which the lord could seize the lands provisionally.
proclamation of exigents
Hist. Repeated proclamations by the sheriff of an imminent outlawing of a person in the county where the person lived. See EXIGENT.
proclamation of rebellion
Hist. A proclamation made by the sheriff, warning a person who failed to obey a Chancery subpoena or attachment that a commission of rebellion would issue if the person continued to resist the Chancery process. See COMMISSION OF REBELLION.
proclamation of recusants
Hist. A proclamation by which persons who willfully absented themselves from church could be convicted on nonappearance at the assizes.
writ of proclamation
Hist. A writ, issued at the time an exigent was issued, ordering the sheriff of the county of a defendant's residence to make three proclamations of outlawry in a public and notorious place a month before the outlawry is declared. See OUTLAW.