Word: oyez
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...barely 7 a.m. but there's a man making an unholy racket just outside the half-timbered portico of venerable London department store Liberty's. "Oyez, oyez!" bellows Peter Moore, the capital's sole remaining town crier, vigorously swinging his hand bell. "This store is open for all your Christmas shopping needs...
...States and this honorable court," it was hard not to feel a little bit moved. At a time when presidential candidates buss their wives on TV and the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives don't speak for months at a time, the ringing proclamation of "Oyez, oyez, oyez" was exhilarating, a signal that the highest court in the land was about to turn its attention to our thorniest crisis...
...OYEZ! OYEZ! Now you can get the latest rulings on abortion, civil rights and cyberlaw straight from the source. The U.S. Supreme Court has just launched its official website at supremecourtus.gov where the full text of its decisions will be posted by noon on the day they are announced. The court's calendar, schedule and rules will also be available. But if you want to make sense of the legalese, you may be better off visiting Northwestern University's Oyez Project at oyez.nwu.edu where detailed analyses of rulings are posted as well...
...finale of the first act. Having been persuaded by the heroine to rig a raffle so that she can win the man she loves, Rehnquist stepped forward and, with much judicial flourish, presented a large bowl filled with extra tickets. The Justice, who reappeared for a solo curtain call (Oyez! Oyez!), turned out to be a real trouper. Reports Savoyards' Nancy Low: "He offered to bring his own costume...
...While 500 invited guests looked on, she was seated in the chair once occupied by John Marshall, the Chief Justice (1801 -1835) who introduced the principle of judicial review of executive and legislative acts, establishing the court's authority in the fledgling nation. The bailiff cried the traditional "oyez, oyez," and the eight Justices stood silently behind the wooden bench. O'Connor then took a second oath ("I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States ..."), and a clerk of the court helped Justice O'Connor slip on a black...