Oyer and terminer

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[French, To hear and decide.] The designation "court of oyer and terminer" is frequently used as the actual title, or a portion of the title, of a state court that has criminal jurisdiction over felonious offenses.

OYER AND TERMINER. The name of a court authorized to hear and determine all treasons, felonies and misdemeanors; and, generally, invested with other power in relation to the punishment of offenders.

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Later that month, Governor Phips prohibited any further jailing and dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer. A growing outcry by Junior Scholastic The compilation of rapes, attempted rapes, murder, and attempted murder utilized in this research is derived from an examination of all these specific crimes found in the Essex County Clerk's office indictment records for the Court of General Sessions, Special Sessions, and Oyer and Terminer from 1799 to 1860. "Justifiable provocation": violence against women in Essex County, ... by Moore, Sean T. / Journal of Social History This argument seemed plausible enough until Michael Hicks examined the records of the oyer and terminer commission appointed to try the rebels. Scenes from Provincial Life: History, Honor, and Meaning in the Tudor ... by PALMER, WILLIAM / Renaissance Quarterly More results

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Later that month, Governor Phips prohibited any further jailing and dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer.

A growing outcry by Junior Scholastic

The compilation of rapes, attempted rapes, murder, and attempted murder utilized in this research is derived from an examination of all these specific crimes found in the Essex County Clerk's office indictment records for the Court of General Sessions, Special Sessions, and Oyer and Terminer from 1799 to 1860.

"Justifiable provocation": violence against women in Essex County, ... by Moore, Sean T. / Journal of Social History

This argument seemed plausible enough until Michael Hicks examined the records of the oyer and terminer commission appointed to try the rebels.

Scenes from Provincial Life: History, Honor, and Meaning in the Tudor ... by PALMER, WILLIAM / Renaissance Quarterly

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