Definition of Terminer. Meaning of Terminer. Synonyms of Terminer

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Definition of Terminer

Terminer
Terminer Ter"mi*ner, n. [F. terminer to bound, limit, end. See Terminate.] (Law) A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.

Meaning of Terminer from wikipedia

- In English law, oyer and terminer (/ˈɔɪ.ər ... ˈtɜːrmɪnər/; a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means 'to hear...
- and 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...
- Cette variété est parlée par les classes non-instruites, qui n'ont pu terminer leur scolarité. Ils usent ce qu'ils connaissent du français avec des emprunts...
- 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. The...
- 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 until...
- This is a list of people ****ociated with the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial M****achusetts...
- prisoners.[page needed] Danforth did not sit on the Court of Oyer and Terminer. In fact he is recorded as being critical of the conduct of the trials...
- the September sitting of the court. The records of the Court of Oyer and Terminer on 9 September 1692 contain a deposition by one of the people who accused...
- and was appointed by Oliver Cromwell to a special commission of oyer and terminer. Zouch wrote extensive legal texts and was among the earliest systematic...
- quarter sessions and ****izes (or more precisely the commission of oyer and terminer and of gaol delivery), 24 men of the county "to inquire into, present,...