Oyer
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
fr. To hear; hearing. Oyez: hear ye. The hearing a deed read in court, to which a defendant was entitled in actions based upon the deed or record where the plaintiff had to make prqfert. To crave oyer: to demand that the instrument be read, or that the party may be furnished with a copy.