English Explanatory Dictionary

oyer and terminer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case.
  2. The hearing or trial carried out under such authority.

Word forms

oyer and terminer oyer and terminers oyers and terminers

Etymology

From Middle English oier and terminer, oyer and termyner, from Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”) and terminer (“determine”).

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