| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| oyer and terminer |
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| SYLLABICATION: | oy·er and ter·mi·ner |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  oi  r; tûrm-nr |
| NOUN: | Law 1. A hearing or trial. 2. A court of general criminal jurisdiction in some states of the United States. 3a. A commission empowering a judge in Great Britain to hear and rule on a criminal case at the assizes. b. The court in Great Britain where such a hearing is held. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, partial translation of Anglo-Norman oyer et terminer, to hear and determine : oyer, to hear + terminer, to determine.
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