- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
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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...
- New York
governor Richard Nicolls appointed Coe as the
Judge of
oyer and terminer of Yorkshire. His
final position was as high
sheriff of Yorkshire...
- 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...
- 21, 1707 was a
judge for the
Court of
Oyer and Terminer, a
special court established in 1692 for the
trial and sentence of people,
mostly women, for the...
-
and refused to
plead (guilty or not guilty), was
imprisoned and arraigned at the
September sitting of the court. The
records of the
Court of
Oyer and...
