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Oyer and terminer - Wikipedia
a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means 'to hear and to determine'
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OYER AND TERMINER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of OYER AND TERMINER is a commission authorizing a British judge to hear and determine a criminal case at the assizes.
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Court of Oyer and Terminer - Black's law dictionary
The commission of oyer and terminer gave them authority for the trial of treasons and felonies; that of general gaol delivery empowers them to try every ...
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Oyer and terminer
In English law, oyer and terminer (; a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means "to hear and to determine") was The words oyer and terminer were also used to denote the court that had jurisdiction to try offences within the limits to which the commission of oyer
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oyer and terminer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(law, archaic) A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case. (law, archaic) The hearing or trial ...
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The Fall of the Court of Oyer & Terminer - Salem Witch Museum
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oyer and terminer
oyer and terminer Law. (ˈɔɪər ənd ˈtɜːmɪnə(r)) [The Anglo-Fr. phr. oyer et terminer ‘to hear and determine’ partly anglicized: cf. oyer.] a. In Anglo-Fr. used in proper verbal construction, and also, in commission d'oir et de terminer, as a n. phrase = ‘hearing and determining’ (cf. -er4). b. In Eng...
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Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1788-1895
The Court of Oyer and Terminer consisted of a Supreme Court Justice and two or more judges of the Court of Common Pleas with jurisdiction to hear all felony ...
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OYER AND TERMINER definition in American English
1. a commission issued to English judges authorizing them to hear and determine criminal cases at the assizes 2. formerly in the US, the higher criminal courts.
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oyer and terminer, n. meanings, etymology and more
OED's earliest evidence for oyer and terminer is from 1414, in Rolls of Parliament. oyer and terminer is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French oyer et ...
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OYER AND TERMINER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
(in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts. · British. a commission or writ directing the holding of a court to try offenses. the court itself.
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Sage Reference - Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer (literally translated as “to hear and determine”) originated from English law; these courts were used to ...
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oyer
▪ I. oyer Law. (ˈɔɪə(r)) Forms: [3 oyer, 4 oier, oir], 4– oyer; also 5–7 oier, (5 oyeer, 6 oir, 6–7 oyre). [a. AFr. oyer (Britton i. i. §3) = OF. oir, oyr:—odir, audir:—L. audīre to hear, mod.F. ouir; an infinitive used subst.] 1. Short for oyer and terminer; a criminal trial under the writ so calle...
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Thomas Allen (Cavalier)
After The Restoration he served as Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer for London and Middlesex in 1660, and was appointed Deputy Lieutenant and Justice
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terminer
▪ I. terminer1 in oyer and terminer: see oyer.▪ II. † ˈterminer2 Obs. Also 5 termynour. [a. AF. terminour = F. termineur (13th c. in Godef.), agent-n. from terminer to termine.] a. One who or that which terminates, ends, or limits. b. One who or that which determines or decides.[a 1400 see termison ...
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