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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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