Oyer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Law.
  1. oyer and terminer.
  2. a hearing in open court involving the production of some document pleaded by one party and demanded by the other, the party pleading the document being said to make profert.
noun
  1. (in the 13th century) an assize
  2. (formerly) the reading out loud of a document in court
  3. See oyer and terminer
Oyer (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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