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oyer and terminer

oyer and terminer noun: a commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case.

Noun

oyer and terminer (countable and uncountable, plural oyer and terminers or oyers and terminers)

  1. (archaic) A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case.
  2. (archaic) The hearing or trial carried out under such authority.

oyer and terminer meaning in Tamil

oyer and terminer in Tamil

கேள்வி முறை ஆணை

Forms of oyer and terminer

pluraloyer and terminers
pluraloyers and terminers

Origin of oyer and terminer

From Middle English oier and terminer, oyer and termyner, from Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”) and terminer (“determine”).

Questions about oyer and terminer

What does oyer and terminer mean?
Oyer and terminer means a commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case.
What is oyer and terminer in Tamil?
Oyer and terminer in Tamil is கேள்வி முறை ஆணை. See Oyer and terminer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oyer and terminer?
Oyer and terminer is a noun.
What is the plural of oyer and terminer?
The plural of oyer and terminer is oyer and terminers.

Words near oyer and terminer in the dictionary

  1. Oyda
  2. oyelite
  3. Oyen
  4. Oyens
  5. oyer
  6. oyer and terminer
  7. oyer and terminers
  8. oyers and terminers
  9. oyes
  10. oyeses
  11. oyesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oyer and terminer (page history and authors); oyer and terminer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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