OYER


Meaning of OYER in English

/oh"yeuhr, oy"euhr/ , n. Law.

1. See 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.

[ 1375-1425; late ME oïr to hear audire ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .