Oyez
English-language interjection announcing the opening of a legal court From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oyez comes from the Anglo-Norman oyez, the plural imperative form of oyer, from French ouïr, "to hear"; thus oyez means "hear ye" and was used as a call for silence and attention. It was common in medieval England, and France. The term is still in use by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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