The story
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromoyer“hear”
- English todayoyer
From Anglo-Norman oyer (“hear”).
Words from the same roots
Anglo-Normanoyer all →
oyer and terminer
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
oyer
Today it means: A hearing in a civil case which is based on the content of a document, in which the plaintiff is required to produce the document. Full definition →
Anglo-Norman oyer