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oyer


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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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