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Definition :

Oyez (hear ye), the introduction to any proclamation or advertisement given by the public criers both in England and Scotland. It is pronounced oh ! yes ! See NORMAN FRENCH.

Means the utterance oyez, oyez. Oyez is usually used in court by the public crier to call the courtroom to order when a session begins or when proclamation is about to be made, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1132.