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oyer [ɔɪə]
n
1. (Historical Terms) English legal history (in the 13th century) an assize
2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) the reading out loud of a document in court
3. (Historical Terms) See oyer and terminer
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Supporting material includes essays on legal procedures used during the trials and a brief history of the published version of the records, and on the language of the time; an explanation of editorial principles and the chronological arrangement; a timeline of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Superior Court of Judicature; and biographical notes.
The records of the Salem witch hunt by Reference & Research Book News
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At the Oyer meeting, delegates voted 63-19 that the Church of Norway should no longer be referred to as a state church in the country's 1814 constitution.
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