oyer

[ oh-yer, oi-er ]

/ ˈoʊ yər, ˈɔɪ ər /

noun Law.

a hearing in open court involving the production of some document pleaded by one party and demanded by the other, the party pleading the document being said to make profert.

Words nearby oyer

oxyuris, oy, oyama, oyashio current, oyelet, oyer, oyer and terminer, oyez, oyo, oyster, oyster bay

Origin of oyer

1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French oïr to hear < Latin audīre

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Examples from the Web for oyer

Breakfast was just oyer, the table with its relics of fragrant bloaters and terrine of pat still stood in the patio.
Much Darker Days|Andrew Lang (AKA A. Huge Longway)
"I should like them to tow me along for another hour or two, after the rain is oyer," he said.
John Frewen, South Sea Whaler|Louis Becke
It was not until the 21st of the following month, at the Commission of Oyer and Terminer that he was brought up for sentence.
Speeches from the Dock, Part I|Various
A department of the admiralty court; (oyer et terminer) to hear and determine according to the law of nations.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

The Commission of Oyer and Terminer is now busy trying them and others.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6|John Gibson Lockhart

British Dictionary definitions for oyer

oyer

/ (ɔɪə) /

noun

English legal history (in the 13th century) an assize

(formerly) the reading out loud of a document in court

See oyer and terminer

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oyer

noun Law.

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