oyer
oyer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administrative
- and
- appeal
- appellate
- arbitration
- assize
- bar
- barmote
- bench
- board
- box
- bureau
- burghmote
- cloth
- common
- council
- county
- court
- court-baron
- court-leet
- die
- district
- divan
- dock
- drumhead
- durbar
- error
- eyre
- forum
- green
- guild
- hall
- house
- hustings
- inquisition
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicial
- jury
- justice
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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