Usually means: Court authorized to judge crimes.
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  1. oyer and terminer: Merriam-Webster
  2. oyer and terminer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oyer and terminer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oyer and terminer: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oyer and terminer: Wordnik
  6. oyer and terminer: Wiktionary
  7. oyer and terminer: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Oyer and terminer, oyer and terminer: Dictionary.com
  9. Oyer and Terminer, Oyer and terminer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. oyer and terminer: FreeDictionary.org
  11. oyer and terminer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. Oyer and terminer: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (oyer and terminer)

noun:  (law, archaic) A commission under which a court is empowered to hear and determine a criminal case.
noun:  (law, archaic) The hearing or trial carried out under such authority.

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