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oyer and terminer

oy·er and ter·mi·ner [ òyər ənd túrminər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.S. criminal court: a high court with general criminal jurisdiction in some states of the United States

2. British commission to judge on assize: a commission from the British Crown empowering a judge to try cases in English courts of assize, abolished along with the assize system in 1972

[Partial translation of Anglo-Norman oyer et terminer "hear and determine"]
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