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Turner's Act]. Where at a trial in a Court of oyer and terminer, gaol delivery, or quarter sessions, any question of
Sessions of the peace
certain Acts of Parliament. The Court is a Court of oyer and terminer, and a Court of record, and not a
High Court of Justice
Durham; (10) The Courts created by Commissions of Assize, of Oyer and Terminer, and of Gaol Delivery, or any such Commissions.'
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Profert in curi'
it being, in fact, retained in his own custody. See OYER. Abolished by C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 55.
Processum continuando
the Chief Justice or other justices in the commission of oyer and terminer, Reg. Brev. 128.
High Steward, Court of the Lord
King's Bench, or at the assizes before a judge of oyer and terminer, it is removed by a writ of certiorari
Assize, or assise
See CIRCUITS. The judges have four several commissions: (1) of oyer and terminer, directed to them and many other gentlemen of
Articles of the peace
the King's Bench Division of the High Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, or Court of Summary Jurisdiction, when any one
Traversing Indictment
against him at any session of the peace, session of oyer and terminer, or session of gaol delivery; but if the
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