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oyers and terminers

oyers 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 oyers and terminers

What is oyers and terminers the plural of?
Oyers and terminers is the plural of oyer and terminer.

Words near oyers and terminers in the dictionary

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

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