Horn in United States
Horn Definition
In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons, rebels, and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’s sergeant. This was called “putting to the horn,” and the party so denounced was said to be “at the horn.” Bell, Diet.; Skene de Verb. Sign.; 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, pp. 77, 80.
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In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons, rebels, and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’s sergeant. This was called “putting to the horn,” and the party so denounced was said to be “at the horn.” Bell, Diet.; Skene de Verb. Sign.; 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, pp. 77, 80.
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