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Definition of Terminer
1. n. A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
Definition of Terminer
1. the act of determining [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terminer
Literary usage of Terminer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"24. none shall create justices of 01/14- and terminer, &c &c. except the king 17.
s. l By ... Commission of ayer and terminer, &c. was, before 7 and 8 Will. ..."
2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The ordinary functions of a court of oyer and terminer . . . were to hear and
determine particular offences and trespasses. ..."
3. Justice in Colonial Virginia by Oliver Perry Chitwood (1905)
"We find an order bearing date of that year which authorized the governor to grant
special commissions of oyer and terminer at any time during the sessions ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Courts of oyer and terminer, and general gaol delivery (а) г*о-л-| are held before
the queen's commissioners, among whom are usually vi. courts of oyer *wo ..."
5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York by New York (State) (1850)
"Additional jurors for oyer and terminer in New-York, by whom, and how ordered.
382. Ballots of the jurors returned, to be deposited in a box. 383. ..."
6. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1900)
"[No. I860.] Petition for the Pardon of Bartholomew Hess.* [No. 1861.] OCTOBER OYER
AND terminer. The Judges' Report to Governor Clinton—Together With the ..."
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