Oyer And Terminer
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A half French phrase applied in England to the assizes, which are so called from the cominission of oyer and terminer directed to the judges, empowering them to “inquire, hear, und determine” all treasons, felonies, and misdemeanors. This commission is now isi rage o1 insurrection in any place. United States, the higher criminal] called “courts of oyer and terminer.” rill.