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Definition of Oyer and terminer

Oyer and terminer
Oyer O"yer, n. [Anglo F., a hearing, from OF. o["i]r, F. ou["i]r, to hear, L. audire. See Audible.] (Law) A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. --Blackstone. Oyer and terminer (Law), a term used in England in commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought before them. In the U.S. the phrase is used to designate certain criminal courts.

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- law, oyer and terminer (/ˈɔɪ.ər ... ˈtɜːrmɪnər/; a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means 'to hear and to determine')...
- trials for this capital crime were conducted by a Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 and by a Superior Court of Judicature in 1693, both held in Salem...
- travelled across the seven circuits of England and Wales on commissions of "oyer and terminer", setting up court and summoning juries at the various ****ize towns...
- Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial M****achusetts between March 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted...
- was a Royalist and was appointed by Oliver Cromwell to a special commission of oyer and terminer. Zouch wrote extensive legal texts and was among the earliest...
- arrested on charges of witchcraft and were being held in Boston and Salem prisons. On May 27, a special Court of Oyer and Terminer was created to hear the ac****ulated...
- 12 July 1453, the king and council announced a commission of Oyer and Terminer, which was headed by the earls of Salisbury and Northumberland themselves...
- Courts and exercise the ordinary duties of the magistracy; The Commission for Gaol Delivery, and The Commission of Oyer and Terminer, that is to hear and determine...
- a magistrate and leading figure in the colony at the time of the Salem witch trials, but did not sit on the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Despite this...
- did not make it known to the Magistrates. In May 1692, a Court of Oyer and Terminer was established to try these cases. However, the court faced the problem...