ALL meanings of oyer and terminer
o·yer and ter·mi·ner
O o - noun oyer and terminer (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts. 1
- noun oyer and terminer British. a commission or writ directing the holding of a court to try offenses. the court itself. 1
- noun oyer and terminer (formerly) a commission issued to judges to try cases on assize. It became obsolete with the abolition of assizes and the setting up of crown courts in 1972 0
- noun oyer and terminer the court in which such a hearing was held 0
- noun oyer and terminer (in the US) a court exercising higher criminal jurisdiction 0
- noun oyer and terminer a commission issued to English judges authorizing them to hear and determine criminal cases at the assizes 0
- noun oyer and terminer formerly in the U.S., the higher criminal courts 0