1) Bringer of order in the court 2) British tradition 3) Call in court 4) Command from a bailiff 5) Court attention-getter 6) Court call 7) Court cry 8) Court-opening cry 9) Courtroom attention-getter 10) Courtroom cry 11) Cry from Bull on Night Court 12) Cry in court 13) Cry of the old town crier 14) French word used in English
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Oyez (z, eɪ, s, more rarely with the word stress at the beginning) is a traditional interjection said two or three times in succession to introduce the opening of a court of law, especially in Great Britain. The interjection is also traditionally used by town criers to attract the attention of the public to public proclamations. Until the 18th ce...
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• (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.
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O'yez` (ōyĕs; 277)
interj. [ Anglo-F.
oyez hear ye. See
Oyer .] Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times. [ Written also
oyes .]
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Oyez (or oyes) is a term repeated three times, as Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!, and used by town criers and the criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation.
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hear! attend! (a cry uttered usually twice by a court officer to command silence and attention, as before court is in session, and formerly by public criers).
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