proclamation of rebellion

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PROCLAMATION OF REBELLION, Eng. law. When a party neglects to appear upon a 
subpoena, or an attachment in the chancery, a writ bearing this name issues, 
and if he does not surrender himself by the day assigned, he is reputed, and 
declared a rebel. 
    

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