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▪ I. oyer Law.|ˈɔɪə(r)|
Forms: [3 oyer, 4 oier, oir], 4– oyer; also 5–7 oier, (5 oyeer, 6 oir, 6–7 oyre).
[a. AFr. oyer (Britton i. i. §3) = OF. oir, oyr:—odir, audir:—L. audīre to hear, mod.F. ouir; an infinitive used subst.]
1. Short for oyer and terminer; a criminal trial under the writ so called (see oyer and terminer).
1432–50tr. Higden, Harl. Contin. (Rolls) VIII. 486 That paste, y schalle speke with oon of theym after an oyer. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 137 Seing so worthie a Iustice of an Oyre hath the present ouersight of that whole chace. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. lxvi. 227 Upon security to appear before the Justices in Oyer. 1858M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 2 Some mighty issue has been trying in the great historical Oyer of the Reformation against the See of Rome. 1864Standard 31 Oct., The great oyer of railway assassination came to a close on Saturday, and resulted in a verdict of guilty.
2. In Common Law, The hearing of some document read in court; esp. of an instrument in writing, pleaded by one party, when the other party ‘craved oyer’ of it. Abolished 1852.
1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 33 The defendant demaunded oier of the Testament. 1607Cowell Interpr., Oyer de Record (Audire recordum). 1672Ibid. s.v., When an Action is brought upon an Obligation, the Defendant may pray Oyer of the Bond; or if Executors sue any one, the Party sued may demand Oyer of the Testament. 1670Tryal of Penn & Mead 12 If you deny me Oyer of that Law. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xx. 299 He may crave oyer of the writ, or of the bond, or other specialty upon which the action is brought; that is to hear it read to him. 1852Act 15 & 16 Vict. c. 76 §55 If Profert shall be made it shall not entitle the opposite Party to crave Oyer of or set out upon Oyer such Deed or Document.
▪ II. oyer
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