[ANSTHRLD] Oyez!

[HerrDetlef]

Something I stumbled upon this morning...

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/law/jan-june03/courthistory.html

'As the justices enter the court, the Marshall gives the traditional call
for silence, or "Oyez! Oyez! 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."'

Would that there was information on a parallel scale about courtroom
discourse in period...

Detlef von Marburg

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