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Oyer

Oyer (to hear), the ancient word for assizes; oyer of a

Commission of oyer and terminer. See ASSIZE.

Oyer and Terminer, a commission directed to the judges and other

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Oyer and Terminer, Courts of, and General Gaol Delivery. See ASSIZES.

Oyer de Record, a petition made in Court that the judges,

deed bond etc as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing

and so also of records. Monstrans de faits differed from oyer de faits in that he who leaded the deed or

Recorder of London, one of the justices of oyer and terminer, and a justice of the peace of the

by the statute of Ragman. This was a commission of oyer and terminer of an unusual kind, and was issued in

Special Commission, an extraordinary Commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, issued by the Crown to

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