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<p><b>Oyez</b> (, , ; more rarely with the word stress at the beginning) is a traditional <a href="page.php?w=interjection">interjection</a> said two or three times in succession to introduce the opening of a <a href="page.php?w=court_of_law">court of law</a>. The interjection was also traditionally used by <a href="page.php?w=town_crier">town crier</a>s to attract the attention of the public to public proclamations.</p>

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