practice. Hear; do you hear. In order to attract attention immediately before he makes proclamation, the cryer of the court cries Oyez, Oyez, which is generally corruptly pronounced O yes. Hear ye. A word used in courts by the public crier to command attention when a proclamation is about to be made. … [Read more...]

In English law. The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of the kingdom ; so called from Its being usually carried on in the night. 4 Bl. Comm. 154. … [Read more...]

Reaching too far and beyond boundaries. Excessive and impermissible reach. … [Read more...]

In a resettlement, a clause which saves the powers of sale and leasing annexed to the estate for life created by the original settlement, when it is desired to give the tenant for life the same estate and powers under the resettlement. The clause is so called because it provides that the resettlement shall be overreached by the exercise of the old powers. If the resettlement … [Read more...]

To supersede; annul; reject by subsequent action or decision. A judicial decision is said to be overruled when a later decision, rendered by the same court or by a superior court in the same system, expresses a judgment upon the same question of law directly opposite to that which was be fore given, thereby depriving the earlier opinion of all authority as a precedent. The term … [Read more...]