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oyer and terminers

oyer and terminers is the plural of oyer and terminer.

Meaning of oyer and terminer

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.

Questions about oyer and terminers

What is oyer and terminers the plural of?
Oyer and terminers is the plural of oyer and terminer.

Words near oyer and terminers in the dictionary

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

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