Word: oyez
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...will be familiar. The robed Justices will file behind the long Honduras mahogany bench as usual and take their seats in the high-backed black leather chairs set against red velvet draperies. The bronze clock will strike 10 o'clock, and the court clerk will intone the traditional "Oyez! Oyez...
Oyezl Oyezl Oyez! All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court...
...session of the U.S. Supreme Court began last week with the court crier's customary call, "Oyez, oyez, oyez." But right after that, Chief Justice Earl Warren leaned forward, half-smiled, and shattered an old tradition. Henceforth, he announced, the court will meet at 10 a.m. each Monday through Thursday instead of at noon. Reason: to speed up the work of the court, which this fall has 1,063 cases already on the docket-a record for the opening of a session...
...easily, made sure that each Justice was provided with his customary pencil, scissors and paper. In a few seconds they were gone. Abruptly, from behind the red draperies hanging between the Italian marble columns, the members of the court appeared, and the court crier chanted his old cry of "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez...
...traditional cry broke the cathedral silence of the marble courtroom: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to draw nigh and give their attention, for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court." The nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, convened in extraordinary session, took their places at the bench. On the right, facing the justices, sat counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, petitioners. On the left sat counsel for the Little Rock school board, respondents...