oyer

英 ['əʊjə] 美 ['ɔɪə]
  • n. 听审;审理(刑事案件的)
  • n. (Oyer)人名;(英)奥耶;(法)瓦耶
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oyer (n.)
early 15c., "a hearing of causes," from Anglo-French oyer, Old French oir, from Latin audire "to hear" (see audience). Especially in phrase oyer and terminer (early 15c., but from late 13c. in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-French), literally "a hearing and determining," in England a court of judges of assize, in U.S. a higher criminal court.