Oyez

I. fr. Hear ye; the introductory word of proclamations made by the criers of courts, retained from the old French form, but pi'Ouounced as though it were English, 0 yes. P. An abbreviation of page, plaeitum, pleas, president, probate. P. C: parliamentary cases, privy council, pleas of the crown. P. J.: president judge. P. M.: post meridian.