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States the ancient English style of expression has been preserved, which dates back to the Norman conquest, and begins with a cry of "_Oyez, Oyez, Oyez_."
The American Judiciary Simeon E. Baldwin 1883
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Oyez is a file-sharing network for distributing audio recording of argument and response before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Law Dork, a lawyer so French he doesn't laugh when he hears someone shout "Oyez," is still in a tight race for Best Law Blog with Volokh boys.
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Law Dork, a lawyer so French he doesn't laugh when he hears someone shout "Oyez," is still in a tight race for Best Law Blog with Volokh boys.
Archive 2005-12-11 2005
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Oyez, Oyez, meaning 'Hear!' is still, or recently was, used at the Assizes in the High Court,
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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Still on the issue of tackling corruption and embezzlement by African leaders Oyez has some advice to western leaders like Obama:
Global Voices in English » Cameroon: Bloggers Discuss Obama’s Ghana Speech 2009
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But then, I was living in a state that opens court sessions with “Oyez, Oyez!”.
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Jerry Goldman, founder of the Oyez Project at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court, said long arguments were more common in the 1950s and 1960s.
Marathon Arguments Hark Back to Daniel Webster Days Brent Kendall 2011
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Oyez includes the pending docket, recent news about the Court, a complete archive of all Supreme Court decisions, audio files of important oral arguments before the Court, in depth biographies of each justice, and a virtual tour of the courthouse.
Supreme Court 2009
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Oyez (oral arguments) It is significant that this movement emerged on the heels of the hard-fought battle to secure abortion rights.
'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008
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