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
英文词源
- 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.
